Patent ID: 8359336
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A machine-implemented method, comprising the steps of: receiving, at a target database server, an object; wherein the target database server does not know the object type associated with the object; wherein the object is not associated with an identifier that identifies, to the target database server, the object type associated with the object; wherein the target database server is unable, without knowing the object type associated with the object, to properly interpret the object; inspecting, at the target database server, the object to determine a set of characteristics of the object; determining an object type of the object based on the set of characteristics of the object, wherein the object type is a database construct that defines (a) attributes of all instances of the object type and (b) methods of the object type; determining a target identifier for the object, wherein the target identifier identifies, to the target database server, the object type associated with the object; and using the target identifier, within the target database server, to properly interpret the object.