Function Materialization in Object Bases

Alfons Kemper, Christoph Kilger, Guido Moerkotte

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Abstract

We describe function materzakation as an optimization concept in object-oriented databases. Exploiting the object-oriented paradigm-namely class lficatton, object identzty, and encapsalatzon— facilitates a rather easy incorporation of function materialization mto (existing) object-oriented systems. Furthermore, the exploitation of encapsulation (information hiding) and object identity provides for additional performance tuning measures which drastically decrease the rematerialization overhead incurred by updates in the object base. The paper concludes with a quantitative analysis of function materialization based on a sample performance benchmark obtained from our experimental object base system GOM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)258-267
Number of pages10
JournalSIGMOD Record (ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data)
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Jan 1991
Externally publishedYes

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