Fluent API patterns for managing object persistence
US8595175B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 11, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4493
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Fluent API Patterns promote balance in managing object persistence. Code which obtains an object-relational mapper session contains API Patterns that manipulate persistence ignorant objects using calls to a fluent interface. When the developer's code executes, it may manipulate an object state, a property state, and/or a persistent relationship of the persistence ignorant object. The code may implement API Patterns such as find-change-save, current-value-original-value, nested-property, incremental-graph-load, incremental-graph-filtered-load, property-modification, dictionary, and/or other API Patterns. Additional examples of API Patterns include an API Pattern to read current, original, and database values for all properties of an entity; an API Pattern to set current and/or original values from another object; and an API Pattern to create a cloned object containing current, original, and/or database values. In any or all of these situations, the API Pattern calls to the fluent interface may be written in a strongly typed language.
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