Koeng Wook Ko, Sang Bong Yoo, Ki Chang Kim, Sang Kyun Cha

The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society (1994 ~ 2000), Vol. 6, No. 11, pp. 2875-2888, Nov. 1999
10.3745/KIPSTE.1999.6.11.2875,   PDF Download:

Abstract

In this paper, we present compiler-based active rule system to efficiently maintain spatial integrity constraints in a heterogeneous, distributed environment. Specially, the prototype active rule system presented has been developed as a component of a whole middleware system called SDBC(Spatial DataBase Connectivity). Due to this reason, our active rule system is provided for heterogeneous ODBMSs in a distributed environment and used to define spatial integrity constraints using the active rules in E-C-A(Event-Condition-Action) type. Using this active rule system, an application programmer can free himself from a heavier burden on the integrity maintenance of application objects. In this compiler-based approach, active rules applicable to events raised by a database program are directly inserted into the program in a function type by the preprocessor, and then they are compiled with the application program source codes. One advantage of this approach is that there is no run-time overhead accompanied by monitoring all the database transitions when preprocessed program is executed. This active rule system also provides facilities to manage changed rules and dynamically interpret those rules at run-time.

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