International Business Machines Corporation

Anders Magnus Nilsson

Timothy James Graser

James E Carey

Brent A Carlson

Kathryn Ann Bohrer

Torbjorn Harald Pernbeck

Tore Magnus Dahl

Alf Christian Berg

Vincent Davis Arnold

Helge Odegaard

Tor Michaelson

Thomas Karl Brane

Bradley William Fawcett

Brent Allen Carlson

John M Vlissides

Ulf Jesper Thomas Lindblom

Mark Alan Pasch

Wilfried Lesnik

In an object oriented computer system, an object oriented framework defines an interface mechanism that provides a common interface to a non-object oriented persistent datastore. This common interface can be customized by various types within the framework by effectively hiding attributes on the common interface that are not needed by a particular type. Attributes defined on the common interface may be accessed at any level in the framework through a process of delegation from one level to the next. In addition, one or more of these attributes on the common interface may be defined at various levels, which causes those attributes to be accessed at their respective levels instead of delegating to different levels.

Interface mechanism and method for accessing non-object oriented data from within an object oriented framework

The present invention relates to a method of developing a software system using Object Oriented Technology. The present invention addresses the problem of providing a technical foundation for the development of software applications using Object Oriented Technology and frameworks. The present invention solves this problem with a framework allowing the modeling of businesses with a multiple level organizational structure. The present invention is applicable in the technical field of application development of software systems, e.g. for a business application as Financial or Logistic and Distribution, wherein it is the purpose of frameworks to provide significant portions of the application that are common across multiple implementations of the application in a general manner, easy to extend for specific implementation.

Software business objects in a multi-level organizational structure

A method of developing a software system using Object Oriented Technology and frameworks. The problem of allowing an object to acquire and lose ability and function and to modify responsibilities on an object dynamically or, in other words, to allow an object to acquire and lose the ability to do things dynamically, is addressed. This problem is solved with a framework to be used for developing a software system, e.g. for a business application. The framework comprises a number of classes which are to be processed by a computer system. The framework further comprises a Life Cycle as a description of state transitions through which an object can proceed as it is processed by an application. This is applicable in the technical field of application development of software systems, e.g. for a business application as Financial or Logistic and Distribution, wherein it is the purpose of frameworks to provide significant portions of the application that are common across multiple implementations of the application in a general manner, easy to extend for specific implementation.

Method of developing a software system using object oriented technology

The present invention relates to a method of developing a software system using Object Oriented Technology and frameworks for developing a business application. The present invention is applicable in the technical field of application development of software systems, e.g. for a business application as Financial or Logistic and Distribution, wherein it is the purpose of frameworks to provide significant portions of the application that are common across multiple implementations of the application in a general manner, easy to extend for specific implementation.

Framework for business applications using cached aggregate and

The present invention relates to a method of developing a software system using Object Oriented Technology and frameworks for developing a business application. The present invention solves this problem with a framework framework comprising a using non-financial component integration base class, a target financial component integration base class, and a generic data conversion engine. The present invention is applicable in the technical field of application development of software systems, e.g. for a business application as Financial or Logistic and Distribution, wherein it is the purpose of frameworks to provide significant portions of the application that are common across multiple implementations of the application in a general manner, easy to extend for specific implementation.

Framework for business applications providing financial integration

An object oriented programming (OOP) framework includes an Order Management (OM) mechanism that tracks sales orders received and matches them to warehouse inventory, a Sales Order (SA) mechanism that processes sales orders, and a Purchase Order (PU) mechanism that processes purchase orders. The OM mechanism comprises a category of OOP classes that provide the primary interface between the framework classes and underlying business objects that provide accounting functions and warehouse management interfaces, and the SA and PU mechanisms comprise respective categories of OOP classes that keep track of sales orders received and purchase orders issued.

Object oriented technology framework for order processing

An object oriented framework provides a set of objects that perform warehouse control functioning and that permit a framework user to add extensions for specific processing features, thereby producing a warehouse control application program for managing the warehouse distribution system of a company. The framework includes a Product category of classes that contains product information for inventory processing, a Posting Combinations category of classes that define valid posting combinations for the general ledger, a Journals category of classes that create, process, validate, and post general ledger journals, a Bank Transactions category of classes that process bank statements, a Bank Statements and Reconciliation category of classes that reconcile bank statements with bank accounts, and a Closing category of classes that validate and close the current accounting period. These classes provide the base framework upon which an account management application program is developed by the framework user.

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