Patent ID: 6539396
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for implementing an association of business objects without retrieving the business objects from a database on which the business objects are stored, comprising the steps of:(a) providing a business object; in the business cache (b) storing an instance of an associated object in a database; (c) determining an association of the business object with the instance of the associated object; (d) generating an object identifier containing information including the determination association which is necessary to retrieve the instance of the associated object from the database, wherein the object identifier includes at a unique row identifier generated by the database, an identifier generated by a utility, and a unique string generated from one or more attributes; (e) loading the object identifier when the business object starts; (f) determining a location of the instance of the associated object in the database from the object identifier; and (g) retrieving the instance of the associated object from the database.