International Business Machines Corporation

Brian David Pate

Thomas Gschwind

Ana Claudia Biazetti

Metin Feridun

Michael Moser

Mack Edward Phelps

Kimberly Lynn Gajda

Edward Joseph Dobner

Adam Barrett Darney

An invention is disclosed for improved computer system management by allowing complex computer-monitored events to be handled in different formats for correlation, analysis and action. Specifically, a method and system are disclosed for processing multiple heterogeneous event types in a complex event processing (CEP) engine.

Processing multiple heterogeneous event types in a complex event processing engine

The invention provides a method, system, and program product for dispatching an event to a rule. In one embodiment, the invention includes generating a table from a rule set, wherein the table includes an indication of whether each rule in the rule set corresponds to at least one event type; receiving an event; in the case that a plurality of rules in the rule set correspond to an event type of the event, dispatching the event to the plurality of rules; determining that the event should not be processed by at least one of the plurality of rules; and terminating the dispatching of the event.

Method, system, and program product for dispatching an event to a rule using key-value pair

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