C++ Refactoring and a Relational Model for Object-Oriented Code

Sergio Pissanetzky. Research Scientist. Member, IEEE.

ABSTRACT

Lack of encapsulation of code structure is the cause for the need to refactor.
A container based on the Relational Model is proposed. It supports user types, 
subtyping and inheritance. A sequence of relational operations is used to
create classes. The set of all possible sequences corresponds to all possible non-trivial
refactorings of the same code. OO code can be generated from the model and vice-versa.
Besides, deep refactoring leads to a programming style called Strong Ownership (SO),
that reduces the need for refactoring. Developing SO code directly is an alternative
to the model, until relational tools are developed.