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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2005
Benjamin Albahari, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael E. Deem, Redmond, WA (US);
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Benjamin Albahari, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael E. Deem, Redmond, WA (US);
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The subject disclosure pertains to relationships between items. Relationships between items can be defined external to the items themselves thereby providing a modular, flexible and extensible system. For instance, relationships between items can be defined in a class that includes methods for returning particular elements or values in accordance with a specified relationship. Moreover, a compiler or like system can be extended to accept relationship expressions in a simple property format and direct such calls to specific methods.