Newletter Sign Up
Posts on the
Design Decomposition Blog
Iridium Satellite Collision in Space
You might have seen the recent news reports about the collision between U.S. and Russian communication satellites. The U.S. satellite was one of the Iridium satellites. What wasn’t reported and you probably don’t know is that an object database management system (ODBMS) is an important part of the Iridium system. Even though ODBMSs are a [...]
February 13, 2009
(The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services
I am now also posting on the Cutter Blog. My initial posting is (The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services. It is a response to Anne Thomas Manes’ SOA is Dead; Long Live Services on her blog at the Burton Group.
January 9, 2009
Atomicity
The typical definition of an atomic task or process is one that cannot be decomposed further. This is vague and subject to interpretation. The Decomposition Matrix on this site uses a specific definition: A task (for business process diagrams) or a process (for data flow diagrams) is atomic if every input relates to every output [...]
December 3, 2008
Well-Formed Business Process Diagrams
My last posting referenced the criteria for a well-formed business process diagram mentioned in Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. I am going to expand on their criteria to create a more comprehensive definition of a well-formed business process diagram. To start, here are three criteria [...]
November 18, 2008
Recent Business Process Modeling Books
I recently received two new books on business process modeling. Both books looked interesting because they had great titles. As it turns out, one book is great and the other not so good. The not so good book is Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. There [...]
October 9, 2008
The Design Decomposition Blog
is written by Doug Barry.

The final step in constructing the class hierarchy is to add method code. You can find the methods by inspecting the programming code that processes the type data. See programming code that uses type codes (new window).

In this example, an Age method was found to apply to everyone in the database. It used the Date of birth and today's date to calculate age. The diagram below shows the Age method attached to the Person class. Also, a method for hiring a new employee is shown along with the method for granting tenure to a professor. There are undoubtedly other methods that can be found. You might also find a different method is necessary for hiring a workstudy person so that the method could be further defined for the Workstudy Class.

Adding method code

Next: Using the data. Also see the related content below.

Related content for: Adding method code

More on the general topic: Using existing relational schema

Read more free articles on this site

There are nearly 400 pages of articles on this site with over 50 pages on object-relational mapping.

Search this site for more articles

Custom Search

Browse this site for more articles

Click on the topics below to browse the articles on this site. You can see more detail by clicking on the arrows. This highlights the location of the current article: Adding method code.

Loading...

Related recent articles from Google News

ZK with Non-relational Database mongoDB
TheServerSide.com
Typically, for relational databases developers either use plain JDBC or some sophisticated object-relational mapping library like Hibernate. This series of small talk will show how developers can develop non-relational database driven ZK applications.

26 Jan 2012 at 1:42pm
NoSQL NewSQL以及其他数据库编程语言
移动Labs
Good bye object-relational mapping. New information management solutions are rapidly being adopted even by large corporations, for instance Nick Tan, from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

17 Jan 2012 at 6:59pm
Doctrine 2 e Zend Framework 2, un esempio di combinazione vincente
Programmazione.it
Per chi quindi volesse avvalersi di tecniche ORM (Object Relational Mapping) per la propria applicazione basata su Zend Framework non resta che affidarsi a strumenti come Doctrine, cercando di ottenere una sana e proficua convivenza tra i due framework ...

30 Jan 2012 at 11:28pm
More related news on: "object-relational mapping"

Related books at Amazon.com

Foundation for Object / Relational Databases: The Third Manifesto
Foundation for Object / Relational Databases: The Third Manifesto
by C. J. Date, Hugh Darwen
Description: Second Edition now available! A detailed study of the impact of objects and type theory on the relational model of data, including a comprehensive proposal for type inheritance "This is the first attempt to describe what object/relational means. If you're interested in object/relational technology, this is the book to read." --Rick van der Lans Independent consultant, author of Int...
More related books: Search Amazon.com for object-relational mapping