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Assigning type parameters

US8533671B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Ramrajprabu Balasubramanian · Renton, US
Pravin R. Indurkar · Sammamish, US
Yun Jin · Issaquah, US
Balasubramanian Shyamsundar · Redmond, US
Catherine E. Dumas · Bothell, US
Au Ying Hung · Shanghai, CN
Matthew R. Winkler · Kenmore, US
Chao Tian · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 7, 2010
Grant date	Sep 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/34
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for assigning type parameters. Embodiments of the invention permit using a visual editor to edit arbitrary object instances in a graphical fashion. Instances of generic types can be manipulated to change the type parameters for that generic (to be able to change a List<Customer> to a List<Product>, for instance). Values are preserved and data can be patched to other dependent nodes in an object hierarchy.

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