Methods of transforming application layer structure as objects

A method for modeling data structures from a business application in an object-oriented programming language, comprising:

• identifying a plurality of business objects in the business application;
• identifying a plurality of attributes common to the plurality of business objects;
• defining an object-oriented programming language superclass to model the plurality of business objects, wherein the superclass includes a plurality of variables corresponding to the plurality of attributes common to the plurality of business objects;
• defining an object-oriented programming language subclass to model a business object from the plurality of business objects in the business application, wherein the subclass includes a variable corresponding to an attribute not among the plurality of attributes common to the plurality of business objects;
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• instantiating an object from the subclass, wherein the object represents the business object.

A system for modeling data structures from a business application in an object-oriented programming language, comprising:

• a first identifying component adapted to identify a plurality of business objects in the business application;
• a second identifying component adapted to identify a plurality of attributes common to the plurality of business objects;
• a transforming component adapted to define an object-oriented programming language superclass to model the plurality of business objects, wherein the superclass includes a plurality of variables corresponding to the plurality of attributes common to the plurality of business objects, and adapted to define an object-oriented programming language subclass to model a business object from the plurality of business objects in the business application, wherein the subclass includes a variable corresponding to an attribute not among the plurality of attributes common to the plurality of business objects;
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• a tool component adapted to instantiate an object from the subclass, wherein the object represents the business object.