Adaptive Object-Models for Implementing Business Rules

Many object-oriented information systems share an architectural style that emphasizes flexibility and run-time configurability. Business rules are stored in a database instead of in code. The object model that the user cares about is part of the database, and the object model of the code is just an interpreter of the users’ object model. We call these systems “Adaptive Object-Models”, because the users’ object model is interpreted at runtime and can be changed with immediate (but controlled) effects on the system interpreting it. This paper is a submission for the Third Workshop on Best-practices for Business Rules Design and Implementation and describes the Adaptive Object-Model architecture as an example of use for implementing dynamic Business Rules.