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Automatic verification of transactions on an object-oriented database

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Database Programming Languages (DBPL 1997)

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In the context of the object-oriented data model, a compiletime approach is given that provides for a significant reduction of the amount of run-time transaction overhead due to integrity constraint checking. The higher-order logic Isabelle theorem prover is used to automatically prove which constraints might, or might not be violated by a given transaction in a manner analogous to the one used by Sheard and Stemple (1989) for the relational data model. A prototype transaction verification tool has been implemented, which automates the semantic mappings and generates proof goals for Isabelle. Test results are discussed to illustrate the effectiveness of our approach.

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Spelt, D., Balsters, H. (1998). Automatic verification of transactions on an object-oriented database. In: Cluet, S., Hull, R. (eds) Database Programming Languages. DBPL 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1369. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-64823-2_22

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