Registration of object factories under multiple interface names

• US 6,418,447 B1
• Filed: 06/14/1999
• Issued: 07/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Puchkoff, Gary S., Frey, Jeffrey A., Maeurer, Theodore R., Little, Rodney A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mizrahi, Diane D.
• Application Number:
  US09/332,462
• Time in Patent Office: 1,121 Days
• Field of Search: 707/103, 707/104, 709/105, 709/315, 709/332, 717/1, 717/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99944 Object-oriented database structure

Abstract

An object factory is registered under multiple interface names. The interface names have an inheritance relationship with an object implementation associated with the object factory. The names are registered in a repository of a name space, such as a Life Cycle Repository. Thus, an object factory can be located using any one of the interface names.

Claims

1. A method of registering names for object factories, said method comprising:

registering a first name for an object factory; and

registering a second name for said object factory, wherein said object factory is locatable using at least one of said first name and said second name.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering one or more additional names for said object factory.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first name and said second name are interface names, and wherein said interface names have an inheritance relationship with an object implementation associated with said object factory.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said first name and said second name are registered within a repository of a name space.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said repository comprises a Life Cycle Repository.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said registering a first name and said registering a second name are performed within a single unit of work.

7. A system of registering names for object factories, said system comprising:

means for registering a first name for an object factory; and

means for registering a second name for said object factory, wherein said object factory is locatable using at least one of said first name and said second name.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising means for registering one or more additional names for said object factory.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein said first name and said second name are interface names, and wherein said interface names have an inheritance relationship with an object implementation associated with said object factory.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein said first name and said second name are registered within a repository of a name space.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein said registering a first name and said registering a second name are performed within a single unit of work.

12. A system of registering names for object factories, said system comprising:

a computing system adapted to register a first name for an object factory; and

said computing system being further adapted to register a second name for said object factory, wherein said object factory is locatable using at least one said first name and said second name.

13. An article of manufacture, comprising:

at least one computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing the registering of names for object factories, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising;

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to register a first name for an object factory; and

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to register a second name for said object factory, wherein said object factory is locatable using at least one of said first name and said second name.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 13, further comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to register one or more additional names for said object factory.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 13, wherein said first name and said second name are interface names, and wherein said interface names have an inheritance relationship with an object implementation associated with said object factory.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 13, wherein said first name and said second name are registered within a repository of a name space.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 13, wherein said registering a first name and said registering a second name are performed within a single unit of work.