Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Steven Virgil Harter

Steven P Anonsen

Daniel Edward Seefeldt

Patrick E Plaisted

Timothy J Brookins

Adrian L Orth

Eric B Beran

Michael R Simons

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Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for combined saving and validation are disclosed. A particular method includes receiving a command to save changes associated with a change set to a data storage device. Entities of the change set are validated and one or more pre-operation commands are executed on the change set. When a pre-operation command modifies one or more first entities of the change set, the first entities are revalidated. The method also includes executing a data operation based on the change set and executing one or more post-operation commands on the change set. When a post-operation command modifies one or more second entities of the change set, the second entities are re-validated.

Combined save and validation logic

A programming model for customized data objects is provided. For several embodiments, a method for providing customizable data objects comprises storing an abstract definition of an entity in metadata, the definition including a set of properties of the entity; and generating an entity view class based on the set of properties of the entity and including at least one property of the entity in the entity view. When programming against the entity view class, only those properties included in the entity view class are allowed to be seen or modified.

Programming model for customized data objects

A method and system for storing and retrieving data in a database system includes associating a plurality of entities in a child/parent hierarchy. The entities are further grouped in types of similar properties, wherein each entity has a unique identifiable position within the child/parent space. References are made to types and properties of the entities in order to store and retrieve associated data about the entity, where the types and properties are mapped to tables of the database.

Containment hierarchy in a database system

Property and object validation is provided in a framework for authoring database systems. The framework treats a property as an object and provides a mechanism to allow constraints to be enforced on the values entered in the properties. Some objects of an application have properties that have dependencies on other properties for setting. The framework of the present invention also allows easy enforcement of such dependency constraints.

Property and object validation in a database system

A method and system for storing and retrieving data in an object-relational database system includes receiving a query which results in a request to load a first object. The method also includes identifying relationship types of other objects having a relationship with the first object. Then, the first object and those of the other objects which have a composition relationship with the first object are eager loaded. Those of the other objects which have an association relationship with the first object are marked as fault on demand. Preventing re-faulting of the same object in the same object graph, and trimming of graphs for serialization are also provided.

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Steven Virgil Harter