Appeal No. 2002-1398
Application No. 08/572,474
The invention is directed to a handling system for object
oriented information. In particular, according to the instant
invention, a key is returned at the creation of an object and
that same key is thereafter used in finding or activating that
object.
Representative independent claim 27 is reproduced as
follows:
Claim 27. In an object oriented information handling system
including one or more processors, a storage system, one or more
I/O controllers, a system bus operatively connecting the
processors, storage system and I/O controllers, and a system
control program for controlling the operation of the system,
an improved object adapter having an instance manager for
managing in a protocol neutral manner all aspects of physical and
logical life cycles of an object comprising:
means, responsive to a request, for finding or activating a
particular object, given a key and an object class;
means for returning an object key in response to a request
from a requester to create a new object; and
means for invoking an object method in response to a
request, said means for invoking being a selected one of at least
two different means for invoking said selected means for invoking
being chosen in response to said instance manager object finding
or activating.
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