The Jasmine object database

Jasmine attempts to solve the core problem of information technologies: Managing its complexity, diverse models, multimedia data types, and distributed environments. The various components in Jasmine are bundled together in one cohesive product and thus provide a complete solution. Launched in 1996, Jasmine was developed by, and has the support and backing of two large companies, Fujitsu Limited, the largest software company in Japan, and Computer Associates, the third largest independent software company in the United States.

The Jasmine Object Database is the authoritative and officially endorsed publication on Jasmine. The book covers all major concepts and offers an overview needed by IT managers making investment decisions. It is also essential reading for object-oriented application developers and database administrators who are constructing the next generation of Web-centric applications and want to include a powerful multimedia object database. This group also includes software engineering professionals, information and library scientists and others who need to investigate new technology for their information technology needs.

Table of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Object-Oriented Foundation

Chapter 3 Jasmine's Object Database Query Language (ODQL)

Chapter 4 Transaction, Concurrency, and Recovery in Jasmine

Chapter 5 The Jasmine Class Families

Chapter 6 Writing Applications Using Jasmine C API

Chapter 7 WebLink: The Web-Database Connectivity Solution of Jasmine

Chapter 8 Developing Jasmine Applications in Java

Chapter 9 Developing Jasmine Applications with Jasmine Studio

Chapter 10 Summary

Appendix A ODQL Grammar BNF

Appendix B Jasmine C API Function Reference

Appendix C

Bibliography

Index