Method, apparatus, and program storage device for sharing objects with a network server and a database server using a common object model

• US 5,890,158 A
• Filed: 03/31/1997
• Issued: 03/30/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: House, Daniel Edward, Pei, Shiau-Shiau, Owings, Brian Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOMERE, JEAN RAYMOND
• Application Number:
  US08/828,476
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/501, 707/513, 395/200.33, 395/200.41, 395/200.47, 395/200.53
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and program storage device for sharing objects with a network server and a database server using a common object model. A first set of objects is stored in a common file accessible by a network server and a database server. A second set of objects is stored in the common file. The first set of objects has network server executable logic and the second set of objects has database server executable logic. The first set of objects are published to the network server and the second set of objects are built in the database server. Building the second set of objects involves building a data link library (DLL) stub for the database server to run intermediate code language on the database server.

Claims

1. A method of sharing objects for a software project with a network server and a database server using a common object model, comprising the steps of:

storing a first set of objects in a common file accessible by the network server and the database server, the first set of objects comprising network server executable logic;

storing a second set of objects in the common file, the second set of objects comprising database server executable logic;

publishing the first set of objects to the network server; and

building the second set of objects in the database server wherein building the second set of objects comprises building a data link library (DLL) stub for the database server to run intermediate code language on the database server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of objects further comprises forms.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the building step comprises the steps of

generating a second file from the database server executable logic and data referenced by the database server executable logic;

and

storing the second file in the database server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the intermediate code language is pcode, and wherein the building step comprises the steps of:

appending the common file with files referenced by the database server executable logic and an identifier for the files referenced by the database server executable logic;

transmitting the appended common file to the database server;

instantiating an object model from the appended common file;

generating pcode from the appended common file;

generating second common file comprising a definition of the database server executable logic and the pcode; and

storing the second common file and the DLL in the database server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of publishing the first set of objects to the network server comprises the step of copying the network server executable logic to the network server.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first set of objects further comprises a form, and the step of publishing comprises the step of copying the network server executable logic and the form to the network server.

7. An apparatus for sharing software project objects with a network server and a database server using a common object model, comprising:

means for storing a first set of objects in a common file accessible by the network server and the database server, the first set of objects comprising network server executable logic;

means for storing a second set of objects in the common file, the second set of objects comprising database server executable logic;

means for publishing the first set of objects to the network server; and

means for building the second set of objects in the database server, wherein the means for building the second set of objects comprises means for building a data link library (DLL) stub for the database server to run intermediate code language on the database server.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first set of objects further comprises forms.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the building means comprises:

means for generating a second common file from the database server executable logic; and

means for storing the second common file in the database server.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the intermediate code language is pcode, and wherein the building means comprises:

means for appending the common file with files referenced by the database server executable logic and an identifier for the files referenced by the database server executable logic;

means for transmitting the appended common file to the database server;

means for instantiating an object model from the appended common file;

means for generating pcode from the appended common APP file;

means for generating second common file comprising a definition of the database server executable logic and the pcode; and

means for storing the second common file and the DLL in the database server.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein publishing means comprises a means for copying the network server executable logic to the network server.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first set of objects further comprises a form and the apparatus further comprises means for copying the network server executable logic and the form to the network server.

13. A program storage device, readable by a computer having a processor, a memory and a data storage device, tangibly embodying one or more programs of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps of sharing objects for a software project with a network server and a database server using a common object model, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a first set of objects in a common file accessible by the network server and the database server, the first set of objects comprising network server executable logic;

storing a second set of objects in the common file, the second set of objects comprising database server executable logic;

publishing the first set of objects to the network server; and

building the second set of objects in the database server wherein building the second set of objects comprises, building a data link library (DLL) stub for the database server to run intermediate code language on the database server.

14. The program storage device of claim 13, wherein the first set of objects further comprises forms.

15. The program storage device of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:

generating a second common file from the database server executable logic and data referenced by the database server executable logic; and

storing the second common file in the database server.

16. The program storage device of claim 13, wherein the intermediate code language is pcode, and wherein the building step further comprises the steps of:

appending the common file with files referenced by the database server executable logic and an identifier for the files referenced by the database server executable logic;

transmitting the appended common file to the database server;

instantiating an object model from the appended common file;

generating pcode from the appended common APP file;

generating second common file comprising a definition of the database server executable logic and the pcode; and

storing the second common file and the DLL in the database server.

17. The program storage device of claim 13, wherein step of publishing the first set of objects to the network server comprises the step of copying the network server executable logic to the network server.

18. The program storage device of claim 17, wherein the first set of objects further comprises a form, and the step of publishing comprises the step of copying the network server executable logic and the form to the network server.