Patent ID: 8214797
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by one or more processors of one or more computers, for automatically creating associations between two class objects upon creation of a class object from a database object as part of an object/relational mapping action, the method comprising: receiving input that introduces a first database object onto a visual workspace, wherein the visual workspace displays a second class object that represents a second database object from which the second class object has been mapped as part of an object/relational mapping; in response to the input, automatically creating and displaying a first class object to represent the first database object to create an object/relational mapping between the first database object and the first class object; automatically determining that the first database object contains a foreign key relationship to the second database object; and creating and displaying a class association between the first and second class objects to represent the foreign key relationship between the first and second database objects.