Object-Oriented Application Development Using the Caché Postrelational Database

Nowadays, newly developed software packages are often obsolete already at the time of their introduction. Object-oriented software development is a possible if not the only solution to this dilemma: applications are modeled as software objects that describe the properties and the behavior of real-world entities. Such objects are encapsulated, in that they hide behind a publicly known interface the complexity of their internal data structures and behaviors. This enables objects to be used in a wide range of program packages without needing to know the details of their internal implementation.Linking object-oriented modeled applications with a database places special demands on a database management system and development environment when the usual performance and semantics losses are to be avoided. This book provides a detailed description of the object model of the Caché postrelational database.This second, revised and expanded edition includes the many new features of Caché 5. There is a comprehensive description of the new Caché Studio with its improvements for developing and debugging applications as well as a whole new chapter about XML and SOAP based Web Services. The chapters about Java, ActiveX and the SQL manager have undergone a complete revision.The accompanying CD-ROM contains the complete associated software as well as a searchable PDF version of the book.System requirementsPC with Intel CPU (Pentium or better), Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0 (SP4, 5 or 6), 2000 (SP2) or XP, 128 MB main memory, 100 MB free disk space, CD-ROM drive.

This second, revised and expanded edition includes the many new features of the new release, Caché 5. There is a comprehensive description of the new Caché Studio with its improvements for developing and debugging applications as well as a whole new chapter about XML- and SOAP-based Web services. The chapters about Java, ActiveX and the SQL Manager have undergone a complete revision.

First Steps.- to Object Technology.- The Caché Object Model.- Defining Classes.- Fundamentals of Caché ObjectScript.- Object Access and Persistence.- Multidimensional Access and Globals.- Sql Access and Tables.- Programming with ActiveX.- Object Interaction with Java.- Web Programming with Caché Server Pages.- XML and Web Services.- Device Management.