G - Physics – 06 – F
Patent
G - Physics
06
F
G06F 9/44 (2006.01) G06F 9/42 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2371646
An object editor capable of displaying a set of application software objects, which may include objects with a dynamic reflection capability ("reflective objects"), includes an object oriented configuration model instance (CMI), a generic adapter, and a UI framework. The CMI is particular to the set of application objects to be edited and defines a particular view of these objects to be provided by the editor. The CMI is external to the generic adapter and includes settings that control which application objects will be accessed and the manner of access, and in particular, which application objects will be visible, which of the visible objects' attributes will be displayed, the arrangement of displayed application objects and attributes, and the appearance of the displayed objects and attributes. The CMI is stored as a serialized XML file. The generic adapter reads the de-serialized CMI's current settings, selectively accesses the set of application objects to be edited and their attributes as dictated by the CMI settings, and passes the accessed information to the UI framework for display. The adapter uses reflection to access the attributes and associations of reflective objects. The CMI settings may be changed between editor invocations to cause objects or their attributes to be accessed and displayed differently, or not at all. The editor may be configured to edit a new set of software objects by substituting a new CMI corresponding to that set of objects. A CMI and generic adapter may be used in conjunction with applications other than an object editor, in which case the CMI settings define a manner of selectively accessing the application objects and may affect the operation of the application.
Delfino Jean-Sebastien
Seto Norman K.
Ibm Canada Limited-Ibm Canada Limitee
Wang Peter
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