Title: DESIGNING A TOOL TO MAP UML CLASS DIAGRAM INTO RELATIONAL DATABASE

Year of Publication: Jun - 2012
Page Numbers: 249-254
Authors: Mohd Khalid Awang, Nur Lian Labadu
Conference Name: The International Conference on Informatics and Applications (ICIA2012)
- Malaysia

Abstract:


The majority of computer information system developments utilize an object oriented technology such as java to construct the application interface and at the same time relying on the relational database to store the enterprise data. Connecting these two paradigms is not a straightforward task and requires a systematic mapping from one to another. Mapping from object model to relational database needs special attention because it would produce an object-relational impedance mismatch. One of the most important concepts in object technology is the idea of inheritance, and unfortunately relational database does not support this notion. This paper seeks to address various approaches in mapping from inheritance to tables and demonstrates how object-relational tool could be used to help software developers.