Systems and methods for transforming logic entities of a business application into an object-oriented model

A system for translating a business application composed in a first programming format into a model composed in a second programming format, comprising:

• an extract module that extracts a plurality of table-based data structures from the business application;
• an identification module that identifies attributes that are common to each table-based data structure;
• a selection module that selects a minimum set of common attributes that uniquely define the plurality of table-based data structures;
• a translator that uses the selected minimum set of common attributes to define one or more translational data structures;
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• a transform module that generates the model based on the defined translational data structures.

A system for translating a business application composed in a first programming format into a model composed in a second programming format, comprising:

• means for receiving a plurality of table-based data structures of the business application, wherein each table-based data structure includes attributes of the data stored in the respective table-based data structure;
• means for identifying attributes that are common to each table-based data structure;
• means for selecting a minimum set of common attributes that uniquely define the plurality of table-based data structures;
• means for using the selected minimum set of common attributes to define one or more translational data structures;
• and
• means for generating the model based on the defined translational data, structures.

A method for transforming a business application structure using object-oriented programming structures, comprising:

• identifying a plurality of related table-based data structures in the business application;
• identifying attributes that are common to the related table-based data structures;
• selecting a minimum set of common attributes that uniquely define the related table-based data structures;
• defining a transformation rule for converting the related table-based data structures into an object-oriented structure, wherein the object-oriented structure reflects data relationships defined by the plurality of table-based data structures;
• converting the related table-based data structures into the object-oriented structure based upon the transformation rule;
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• expressing the object-oriented structure as an object-oriented programming structure that models the business application structure.