System and method for the structurally decoupled exchange of object-oriented data structures

US7447702B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ABB PATENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Drath · Weinheim, DE
• Peter Erning · Bogen, DE
• Katharina Gohr · Ladenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 3, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 4, 2008
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99953
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and a method for a structurally decoupled exchange of objects deposited in variable object-oriented data structures is performed. In a first tool, at least one first object-oriented data structure is deposited and for each object coming from the first tool, of the first data structure, one unambiguous identification mark is allocated. In a second tool, at least one second object-oriented data structure is deposited and for each object, of the second data structure, the unambiguous identification mark of the associated partner object and at least one path information item over the hierarchical position of the associated partner object with the hierarchical position of the object of the second data structure from the first data structure is allocated. A module for comparing the structures taking into consideration the identification marks and path information, is provided, for determining the differences of the structures.