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A generic object-oriented design methodology incorporating database considerations

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Generic lifecycle methodologies for object-oriented development have, to date, not given serious consideration to the need for persistence; either in terms of storage of objects in a relational database or in an objectbase. Here, consideration of traditional staged database design methodologies identifies features currently lacking in object-oriented lifecycle methodologies. A new generic methodology (or metamethodology) is proposed which offers more complete support for an information systems development involving persistent objects.

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  1. T. Case

    Present address: Ernst and Young Consulting, Perth

  2. B. Henderson-Sellers

    Present address: Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne

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  1. School of Information Systems, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia

    T. Case & G. C. Low

  2. School of Computing Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, Broadway, NSW, Australia

    B. Henderson-Sellers

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Case, T., Henderson-Sellers, B. & Low, G.C. A generic object-oriented design methodology incorporating database considerations. Ann Software Eng 2, 5–24 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02063804

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