Database APIs

Users Perspective of a Database API

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1. Object Persistence Mechanism

   • Return objects program Objects to a known state between program runs

                 Object foo();
                 foo->initToCurrentState();
                 foo->calculateSomethingAndMutate();
                 foo->saveCurrentState();
     

   • Done without explicitly issuing database commands at all

2. 'Intelligent' File System

   • Won't let bugs write data that breaks rules made previously

   • Fast, Reliable access to LARGE data sets being written to by others

   • Offload responsibility for data integrity to other professional staff.

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   Dennis Box
   Last modified: Mon Oct 8 11:47:27 CDT 2001