Supporting graph database backed object unmarshalling

A method comprising:

• identifying, by a processing device of a server device, an object comprises a plurality of node data structures associated with a graph database;
• generating, by the processing device, metadata for a graph model in view of the object, wherein the graph model defines one or more first services provided by the object, wherein the one or more first services represent one or more methods available to the object and wherein the metadata comprises an object-type discriminator for the object and instructs an application of a client device with regard to unmarshalling the object using graph data elements;
• intercepting, by the processing device, a request from a client device to access at least one of the first services associated with the graph model;
• retrieving, by the processing device, the graph data elements from a graph database using identifier data from the at least one of the first services, wherein the identifier data to identify at least one node data structure associated with the object;
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• causing, by the processing device, one or more second services to reconstruct at the client device using the graph data elements and the metadata associated with the graph model, wherein the object-type discriminator describes what model to use to reconstruct the one or more second services, and wherein the one or more second services mimic the one or more first services.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• receive, by the processing device, a graph query for graph data elements;
• inspect, by the processing device, a graph model associated with an object comprising a plurality of node data structures corresponding to the graph data elements, the graph model to define one or more first services provided by each node of the object, wherein the one or more first services represent one or more methods available to the object;
• identify, using a graph database, the graph data elements for at least one node data structure of the object in view of the inspected graph model;
• generate metadata that describes the object associated with the inspected graph model, wherein the metadata comprises an object-type discriminator for the object and instructs an application of a client device with regard to unmarshalling the object using the graph data elements;
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• provide, to the client device in response to the received graph query, the metadata to reconstruct, using the graph data elements, one or more second services associated with the object at the client device, wherein the object-type discriminator describes what model to use to reconstruct the one or more second services, and wherein the one or more second services mimic the one or more first services.