Translating metadata associated with code patterns into database schema patterns

A method comprising:

• automatically creating database schema patterns inferentially, using at least one processor, based on metadata associated with code patterns,
• at least one of the metadata or the code patterns defining objects of an object model,
• the database schema patterns are associated with a database,
• said automatically creating the database schema patterns inferentially comprising:
• automatically identifying a reference from a first class, the identified reference in the first class referring to a second class, wherein the first class is defined by metadata that is associated with a first code pattern, and wherein the second class is defined by metadata that is associated with a second code pattern,
• automatically determining that the second class is a complex type that includes a plurality of properties, and
• automatically inferentially creating a table in the database that corresponds to the first class to include at least columns that correspond to the respective properties based on the metadata, which includes identifiers of the objects from which a structure of the database is inferred;
• and
• automatically mapping the metadata associated with the code patterns to the database schema patterns in response to automatically creating the database schema patterns.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having instructions recorded thereon for enabling a processor-based system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• automatically create database schema patterns inferentially based on metadata associated with code patterns, including:
• automatically identify a many-to-many relationship between first properties of a first class that is defined by metadata associated with a first code pattern and second properties of a second class that is defined by metadata associated with a second code pattern, and
• automatically inferentially create a join table that includes fields that are included in a first table that corresponds to the first class and that are included in a second table that corresponds to the second class based on the many-to-many relationship,
• at least one of the metadata or the code patterns defining objects of an object model,
• the database schema patterns are associated with a database;
• and
• automatically map the metadata associated with the code patterns to the database schema patterns in response to the database schema patterns being automatically created.