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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2000
Donald Edward Baisley, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Peter Johnson, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Unisys Corp., Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method is provided for merging a source version into a target version of a model in an object oriented repository. The method comprises the steps of building a first list as a collection of versions that occur only in a history of the source version; and, building a second list as a collection of versions that occur only in a history of the target version. Next, a dual history is created as a union of the first and second lists. After this, either the first or the second list is identified as the non-preferred history wherein either the source or the target version is preferred. The first list is then added to the history of the target version. Any conflicts occurring in the dual history are next reported; and, such conflicts are resolved by adding the target version to a list of end versions on each conflicting attribute value and link occurring in the non-preferred history.