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Method and system for maintaining forward and backward compatibility in flattened object streams

  • US 20030005169A1
  • Filed: 06/28/2001
  • Published: 01/02/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for object-oriented management of serializable objects, the method comprising:

  • identifying an object, wherein the object comprises a set of attributes;

    associating a class version identifier with the object, wherein the class version identifier identifies the object as an instance of a specific version of a class; and

    associating an attribute version identifier with an attribute in the set of attributes.

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