Rapid prototyping with the OR model

Abstract

An object-oriented model called the object-relation (OR) model is presented and shown to be powerful for rapid prototyping of object-oriented systems. The OR model is based on relations that replace the implicit interconnections that typically exist in every software system. These relations are defined in class hierarchies and can be used similarly to the way regular objects are used, e.g., inheritance and reuse. An example of a nontrivial data structure, the heap, is presented.<>