Piecemeal retrieval in an information services patterns environment

• US 6,550,057 B1
• Filed: 08/31/1999
• Issued: 04/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture LLP (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Bowman-Amuah, Michel K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dam, Tuan Q.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DAS, CHAMELI
• Application Number:
  US09/386,433
• Time in Patent Office: 1,323 Days
• Field of Search: 717/11, 717/10, 717/126, 717/116, 717/100, 717/124, 717/109, 717/104, 717/105, 717/113, 717/101, 717/102, 707/3, 707/4, 707/5, 707/103.R, 714/2, 714/48, 700/80
• US Class Current: 717/126
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access

Abstract

A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for providing a warning upon retrieval of objects that are incomplete. An object is provided with at least one missing attribute. Upon receipt of a request from an application for the object access to the attributes of the object is allowed by the application. A warning is provided upon an attempt to access the attribute of the object that is missing.

Claims

1. A method for providing a warning upon retrieval of objects that are incomplete, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing an object with at least one missing attribute;

(b) receiving a request from an application for the object;

(c) allowing access to the attributes of the object by the application; and

(d) providing a warning upon an attempt to access the attribute of the object that is missing, wherein the warning includes information on how to resolve the missing attribute.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein an implicit transaction is called by the object upon the attempt to access the attribute of the object that is missing.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein an explicit transaction is called by the object upon the attempt to access the attribute of the object that is missing.

4. A method as recited in claim 3, wherein the transaction includes finding the attribute that is missing.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the warning requires a calling application to resolve the missing attribute.

5. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for providing a warning upon retrieval of objects that are incomplete, comprising:

(a) a code segment that provides an object with at least one missing attribute;

(b) a code segment that receives a request from an application for the object;

(c) a code segment that allows access to the attributes of the object by the application; and

(d) a code segment that provides a warning upon an attempt to access the attribute of the object that is missing, wherein the warning includes information on how to resolve the missing attribute.

6. A computer program as recited in claim 5, wherein an implicit transaction is called by the object upon the attempt to access the attribute of the object that is missing.

7. A computer program as recited in claim 5, wherein an explicit transaction is called by the object upon the attempt to access the attribute of the object that is missing.

8. A computer program as recited in claim 7, wherein the transaction includes finding the attribute that is missing.

14. The method of claim 5 wherein the warning requires a calling application to resolve the missing attribute.

9. A system for providing a warning upon retrieval of objects that are incomplete, comprising:

(a) logic that provides an object with at least one missing attribute;

(b) logic that receives a request from an application for the object;

(c) logic that allows access to the attributes of the object by the application; and

(d) logic that provides a warning upon an attempt to access the attribute of the object that is missing, wherein the warning includes information on how to resolve the missing attribute.

10. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein an implicit transaction is called by the object upon the attempt to access the attribute of the object that is missing.

11. A system as recited in claim 9, wherein an explicit transaction is called by the object upon the attempt to access the attribute of the object that is missing.

12. A system as recited in claim 11, wherein the transaction includes finding the attribute that is missing.

15. The method of claim 9 wherein the warning requires a calling application to resolve the missing attribute.