Constructing a user interface based on a relationship model
CA 2241876 A1 · Owner: Thomas, David Andrew · Inventors: Knowles, Nicholas; Thomas, David Andrew; Mcguire, Kevin
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In most object-oriented languages, the relationships are buried deep in the implementations of the, classes. That is relationships, even if described, along with objects in a model, become implicit in, the implementation of the model. Typically the objects are referenced directly from instance, variables. Each object participating in a relationship must maintain referential consistency. By, representing the relationships between two objects as variables in both the , semantics of the, relationship is lost because it is distributed among the classes. The present invention creates a, explicit relationship model in addition to a domain object model, to use as the basis for writing, …
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