Resolving in-memory foreign keys in transmitted data packets from single-parent hierarchies

A method of receiving web service requests that reference common objects, the method comprising:

• receiving a data set to be sent in a web service request, wherein the data set includes a plurality of objects organized in a multi-parent hierarchy;
• identifying an object in the plurality of objects that has multiple parent objects in the plurality of objects;
• generating a web service request that comprises multiple instances of the object;
• wherein the web service request is organized in a single-parent hierarchy and each of the multiple instances of the object is a child object of a corresponding one of the multiple parent objects, and each of the multiple instances of the object include an identifier that indicates that the multiple instances of the object represent a single object in the multi-parent hierarchy;
• and
• sending the web service request to a web service interface.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memories comprising instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a data set to be sent in a web service request, wherein the data set includes a plurality of objects organized in a multi-parent hierarchy;
• identifying an object in the plurality of objects that has multiple parent objects in the plurality of objects;
• generating a web service request that comprises multiple instances of the object;
• wherein the web service request is organized in a single-parent hierarchy and each of the multiple instances of the object is a child object of a corresponding one of the multiple parent objects, and each of the multiple instances of the object include an identifier that indicates that the multiple instances of the object represent a single object in the multi-parent hierarchy;
• and
• sending the web service request to a web service interface.