Resource definition language for network management application development
First Claim
1. A method of defining a distributed system to facilitate development of an application program to manage the distributed system, the method including the steps:
- a) defining one or more managed objects associated with the distributed system in an object-oriented resource definition language and storing the definition of the one or more managed objects in one or more resource definition language files, wherein the definition of the one or more managed objects is based on an existing design and hierarchical structure of the distributed system, wherein parent-child relationships between the one or more managed objects are identified in the one or more resource definition language files using the object-oriented resource definition language to define the one or more managed objects in relation to the hierarchical structure of the distributed system;
b) parsing the one or more resource definition language files to ensure conformity with the object-oriented resource definition language and creating an intermediate representation of the distributed system from the one or more conforming resource definition language files; and
c) processing the intermediate representation of the distributed system to form one or more programming language classes, one or more database definition files, and one or more script files.
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Abstract
Methods of defining a distributed system or network to facilitate development of an application program to manage the distributed system or network are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) defining managed objects in a resource definition language and storing the definition in resource definition language files, wherein the definition is based on an existing design and hierarchical structure of the distributed system or network, wherein parent-child relationships between the managed objects are identified in the resource definition language files using the resource definition language to define the managed objects in relation to the hierarchical structure, b) parsing the resource definition language files to ensure conformity with the resource definition language and creating an intermediate representation of the distributed system or network from the conforming resource definition language files, and c) processing the intermediate representation to form programming language classes, database definition files, and script files.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of defining a distributed system to facilitate development of an application program to manage the distributed system, the method including the steps:
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a) defining one or more managed objects associated with the distributed system in an object-oriented resource definition language and storing the definition of the one or more managed objects in one or more resource definition language files, wherein the definition of the one or more managed objects is based on an existing design and hierarchical structure of the distributed system, wherein parent-child relationships between the one or more managed objects are identified in the one or more resource definition language files using the object-oriented resource definition language to define the one or more managed objects in relation to the hierarchical structure of the distributed system;
b) parsing the one or more resource definition language files to ensure conformity with the object-oriented resource definition language and creating an intermediate representation of the distributed system from the one or more conforming resource definition language files; and
c) processing the intermediate representation of the distributed system to form one or more programming language classes, one or more database definition files, and one or more script files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of defining a network to facilitate development of an application program to manage the network, the method including the steps:
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a) defining one or more managed objects associated with the network in an object-oriented resource definition language and storing the definition of the one or more managed objects in one or more resource definition language files, wherein the definition of the one or more managed objects is based on an existing design and hierarchical structure of the network, wherein parent-child relationships between the one or more managed objects are identified in the one or more resource definition language files using the object-oriented resource definition language to define the one or more managed objects in relation to the hierarchical structure of the network;
b) parsing the one or more resource definition language files to ensure conformity with the object-oriented resource definition language and creating an intermediate representation of the network from the one or more conforming resource definition language files, wherein the intermediate representation of the network created in the parsing step includes a parse tree; and
c) processing the parse tree to form one or more programming language classes, wherein the one or more programming language classes formed include at least one of one or more system classes, one or more module classes, one or more managed object classes, and one or more composite attribute classes. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of defining a network to facilitate development of an application program to manage the network, the method including the steps:
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a) defining one or more managed objects associated with the network in an object-oriented resource definition language and storing the definition of the one or more managed objects in one or more resource definition language files, wherein the definition of the one or more managed objects is based on an existing design and hierarchical structure of the network, wherein parent-child relationships between the one or more managed objects are identified in the one or more resource definition language files using the object-oriented resource definition language to define the one or more managed objects in relation to the hierarchical structure of the network;
b) parsing the one or more resource definition language files to ensure conformity with the object-oriented resource definition language and creating an intermediate representation of the network from the one or more conforming resource definition language files, wherein the intermediate representation of the network includes object meta-data; and
c) processing the object meta-data to form one or more programming language classes, one or more database definition files, and one or more script files, wherein the one or more programming language classes formed include at least one of an index class and a query class. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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