Method and apparatus for creating templates

• US 7,100,167 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2002
• Issued: 08/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Novik, Lev, Kenny, Patrick R., Nosov, Alexander E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomson, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Patel, Fahd
• Application Number:
  US10/081,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20030101287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,652 Days
• Field of Search: 719/315, 719/316, 719/318, 717/108, 717/106, 717/116, 717/117, 717/114
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/544 Remote
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4488 Object-oriented
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

A template creator creates a template class that stores at least one template parameter. The template creator also specifies at least one additional object to be created when an instance of the template class is created. A template user initiates the creation of a new instance of the template class. If an error occurs during the creation of the new instance of the template class, the template user receives a report identifying the error.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

creating a template class that stores at least one template parameter, wherein the template class is a correlation helper template that parameterizes a particular aspect of a correlation scenario, and wherein the correlation helper template includes at least one parameter to be defined by a user initiating creation of a new instance of the template class;

specifying at least one additional object to be created when an instance of the template class is created;

initiating the creation of a new instance of the template class using the at least one template parameter; and

if an error occurs during the creation of the new instance of the template class, receiving a report identifying the error.

2. A computer-implemented template description structure comprising:

at least one template class that stores a plurality of template parameters, wherein the at least one template class is a correlation helper template that parameterizes a particular aspect of a correlation scenario;

at least one template builder class that identifies at least one additional object to be created with each instance of the template class; and

at least one order parameter that identifies the order in which the template builder classes are instantiated.

3. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon a template description structure, the template description structure comprising:

at least one template class that parameterizes a particular aspect of a correlation scenario;

at least one template builder class, wherein each instance of the template builder class identifies an object that needs to be created when creating an instance of the template class; and

at least one order parameter that identifies the order in which the template builder classes are instantiated.

4. One or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 3 wherein each instance of the template builder class has an associated name.