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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Rolf Krane, Wiesloch, DE;
Rudolf Niessen, Rauenberg, DE;
Rolf Krane, Wiesloch, DE;
Rudolf Niessen, Rauenberg, DE;
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for updating data. In one aspect, a system that has a server operating on a structure of server data objects and a client operating on a structure of client data objects, the data objects and the structure of the server data objects and the structure of the client data objects being managed through an implementation of a predefined application programming interface that implements at least two types of data object update commands, the data object update commands being operable to perform bidirectional updates between the server data objects and the client data objects. The two types of data object update commands are: an object level update type that is operable to update one or more specified data objects; and a sub-structure level update type that is operable to update a sub-structure of the data objects.