Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Neil Sandlin

Randall Edward Aull

Doron J Holan

James George Cavalaris

Narayanan Ganapathy

Jonathan David Wiswall

Esaias Engelbertus Greeff

Douglas Keith Brubacher

Samuel David Adams

Kenneth M Jung

Philippe Alain Joubert

Patrick J Leahy

A framework is defined for property-based filtering for objects. The framework is independent of specific programming languages. Selection criteria is entered to match on the selected criteria and allow for searching for objects. Properties for objects are exposed as property sets and language specific projections of properties. The framework codifies strongly typed properties and property sets, projecting property sets generically on language specific objects, and a generic Boolean filtering system on objects or property sets. The framework defines property keys with type, property values, property expressions, and property filters which are a collection of property expressions which can be applied against property sets, property handlers, and language-specific projections of generic objects. The framework also includes a generic object programming model where objects expose a common interface whereby generic property filters can be evaluated against any object.

Property filtering

Various systems and methods for generating a mapping binary file are described herein. In one example, a method includes mapping a function call from a legacy binary file to a function call from a virtualized namespace binary file using a builder to detect a build file that enables the mapping, the mapping comprising merging an export table from the legacy binary file and an export table from the virtualized namespace binary file. The method can also include storing the mapping of the function call from the legacy binary file to the function call from the virtualized namespace binary file in a mapping binary file and storing, in the mapping binary file, an exception detected from the combination. Furthermore, the method can include storing the mapping binary file in a storage location accessible by a loader.

Binary file generation

Multi-function devices expose multiple functions to device drivers or other lower-level software. Device function providers can interface with such drivers or lower-level software and can provide information, including device identifiers regarding such functions, to a device display object infrastructure. A device display object can then be created that encompasses one or more functions such that, in one embodiment, the device display object corresponds to a single, physical multi-function device. Alternatively, any combination of functionality from one or more physical devices can be combined into a single device display object representing a virtual multi-function device. Properties of the device display object can be set with reference to user-specified settings, remotely maintained metadata, locally available metadata, and information associated with each function. Functions can be ranked such that, if there is a conflict, information from more highly ranked functions is used to set the properties of the device display object.

Device display object infrastructure

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