Method, system and program product for automatically creating managed resources

• US 7,533,077 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2002
• Issued: 05/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Ping, Williamson, Leigh A., Wang, Qinhua
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham; Hung Q
• Application Number:
  US10/286,561
• Publication Number:
  US 20040088304A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,385 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1- 3, 707/10, 707100-1041, 707/200, 707/205, 709200-203, 709217-219, 715/500, 715/513, 715/517, 717/100, 717/106, 717/108, 717/136, 717140-144, 717/116, 717/118, 719/313, 719/315, 719/328
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]

Abstract

Under the present invention a definition file and an object file are provided. The definition file includes a defined syntax for managed object descriptions, while the object file contains a description of a particular desired object. When a process is started (or re-started), the files are automatically read and the description in the object file is automatically validated based on the defined syntax in the definition file. Once validated, the description is used to automatically create a managed resource from which a managed object can be created.

Claims

1. A method for automatically creating managed resources, comprising:

reading, by a computer device, a definition file that is a global set of definitions for all managed resources that can be created, each definition of the global set of definitions having a defined syntax for describing functions and attributes for an individual managed object;

reading, by the computer device, an object file that contains a description of a single desired managed object;

validating, by the computer device, the description in the read object file based on a defined syntax of a definition in the definition file corresponding to the single desired managed object, wherein the validating ensures that the description within the object file is in the appropriate format as that in the definition file;

creating a new managed resource by a process of the computer device, wherein the created new managed resource is based on the validated description immediately following the validating, wherein the new managed resource is designed to be managed by a separate program, the separate program automatically facilitating any generation and implementation of a management request; and

tagging, by the computer device, the new managed resource with an address tag corresponding to the process, wherein the address tag specifically identifies the process and, wherein object header of the single desired managed object created by the new managed resource includes the address tag.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the defined syntax in the definition file is in XML.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the object file is an XML file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the description contains attributes of the single desired managed object

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the new managed resource is a JAVA class.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the single desired managed object based on the new managed resource.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the process is a JAVA virtual machine.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising starting a process prior to the step of reading the definition file, wherein the definition file and the object file are read, the description in the object file is validated, and the new managed resource is created automatically when the process is started.

9. A system for automatically creating managed resources, comprising:

a computer, including;

a definition file system for automatically reading a definition file that is a global set of definitions for all managed resources that can be created, each definition of the global set of definitions having a defined syntax for describing functions and attributes for an individual managed object after a process is started;

an object file system for automatically reading an object file that is a description of a single desired managed object after the process is started;

a validation system for automatically validating the description in the object file using a defined syntax of a definition in the definition file corresponding to the single desired managed object after the definition file and the object file are read, wherein the validating ensures that the description within the object file is in the appropriate format as that in the definition file;

a resource system for automatically creating a new managed resource by the process, wherein the created new managed resource is based on the validated description immediately following the validating, wherein the new managed resource is designed to be managed by a separate program, the separate program automatically facilitating any generation and implementation of a management request; and

a tagging system for automatically tagging the new managed resource with an address tag corresponding to the process, wherein the address tag specifically identifies the process and, wherein object header of the single desired managed object created by the new managed resource includes the address tag.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the description defines attributes of the desired managed object.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising an object system for creating the single desired managed object based on the new managed resource, wherein the created desired managed object has the attributes defined in the description.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the new managed resource is a JAVA class.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the object file is an XML file, and wherein the defined syntax in the definition file is in XML.

14. A program product comprising program codes stored on a storage medium for automatically creating managed resources, which when executed by a computer device, the program product performs the steps comprises:

automatically reading a definition file that is a global set of definitions for all managed resources that can be created, each definition of the global set of definitions having a defined syntax for describing functions and attributes for an individual managed object after a process is started;

automatically reading an object file that is a description of a single desired managed object after the process is started;

automatically validating the description in the object file using a defined syntax of a definition in the definition file corresponding to the single desired managed object after the definition file and the object file are read, wherein the validating ensures that the description within the object file is in the appropriate format as that in the definition file;

automatically creating a new managed resource by the process, wherein the created new managed resource is based on the validated description immediately following the validating, wherein the new managed resource is designed to be managed by a separate program, the separate program automatically facilitating any generation and implementation of a management request; and

automatically tagging the new managed resource with an address tag corresponding to the process, wherein the address tag specifically identifies the process and, wherein object header of the single desired managed object created by the new managed resource includes the address tag.

15. The program product of claim 14, wherein the description defines attributes of the single desired managed object.

16. The program product of claim 15, further comprising program code performs:

creating the single desired managed object based on the new managed resource, wherein the created desired managed object has the attributes defined in the description.

17. The program product of claim 14, wherein the new managed resource is a JAVA class.

18. The program product of claim 14, wherein the object file is an XML file, and wherein the defined syntax in the definition file is in XML.