Patent ID: 8793218
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for copying a plurality of objects represented within an object-oriented enterprise engineering system, the method comprising: performing by a processor, accepting input from a user selecting a plurality of objects to be copied, such that each of at least two objects of the plurality of objects to be copied is a successor object, wherein each successor object has a predecessor-successor relationship with a corresponding predecessor object, the predecessor-successor relationship being defined such that: for each successor object of the plurality of objects to be copied, automatically identifying its predecessor object, thereby identifying a plurality of identified predecessor objects, wherein automatically identifying the predecessor object comprises: automatically partitioning the plurality of objects to be copied and the plurality of identified predecessor objects into a plurality of ordered groups of objects, such that for each object of the plurality of objects to be copied and the plurality of identified predecessor objects, its predecessor object is in one of: the same group as the object and a group preceding the group containing the object; for each group in order, during an atomic database transaction: