Meta Platforms, Inc.
Field mappings for properties to facilitate object inheritance

Abstract:

A method includes receiving a request for a property of an object. The property has a property type and includes a property value and a property name, and the property does not conform to a property specification for the property type. The method also includes determining a field mapping for the property of the object. The field mapping is derived from the property specification, and from accessing the property of the object. The method further includes modifying the property of the object according to the field mapping. The method also includes providing as a response to the request the property of the object as modified according to the field mapping.