Generating Executable Persistent Data Storage/Retrieval Code from Object-Oriented Specifications, (Paperback)

This research creates a methodology and corresponding prototype for the transformation of object-oriented (00) specifications to represent the corresponding relational schemas that are used to automatically generate database design language (DDL). The transformation design decisions and specifications are then used to generate database manipulation language (DML) that can be embedded within the software application code generated from the same 00 specifications. This concept of developing a model for producing compliable and executable code from formal software specifications has long been a goal of software engineers. Previous research at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) has not focused on the representation of persistent data from 00 software specifications. Relational databases are historically among the most popular methods of managing persistent data associated with software systems.