O2DBIWiki

O2DBI Overview Page

O2DBI - Introduction

O2DBI is a codegenerator for SQL-based data management layers. Based in a description of class hierarchies, it produces ready-to-use perl classes for storing and retrieving data.

Main features:

• support for arbitrary complex class hierarchies
• polymorphic queries within class hierarchies
• easily extensible classes without adding another layer
• simple interface
• XML based description of classes

O2DBI is used in nearly all applications developed at the CeBiTec.

Documentation

• Introduction
  • The scope of O2DBI
  • O2DBI Features
  • Object-relational mapping
  • Requirements
• Working with O2DBI
  • The O2DBI Designer
  • Converting XMI files
  • Generating perl code
• Using the generated code
  • Overview of the generated modules
  • Backend - connecting to databases
  • Master - central instance
  • Classes - the generated interface
  • Extending the generated interface
• Features and TODO
• FAQ

Author: Burkhard Linke