Object-oriented development at Brooklyn Union Gas

Author

Davis, John ; Morgan, Tom

Author_Institution

Andersen Consulting, New York, NY, USA

Volume

10

Issue

1

fYear

1993

Firstpage

67

Lastpage

74

Abstract

The application architecture, development environment, and performance of the object-oriented customer-related information system (CRIS-II) are discussed. It is shown that CRIS-II´s implementation in a Smalltalk-like execution environment with object-oriented features lessened coupling between components, compared with other object systems. The system accommodates many traditional, non-object-oriented components such as a relational database manager, an online transaction manager, a batch report writer, and a user-interface dialog manager. A technical description of CRIS-II is presented. Experiences with CRIS-II relating to code reuse and system behavior are reviewed.<>

Keywords

management information systems; object-oriented databases; object-oriented programming; CRIS-II; Smalltalk-like execution environment; application architecture; batch report writer; code reuse; development environment; object-oriented customer-related information system; online transaction manager; performance; relational database manager; system behavior; user-interface dialog manager; Application software; Buildings; Information systems; Natural languages; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Personnel; Spatial databases; Transaction databases; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.207230

Filename

207230