International Business Machines Corporation

Thomas Beavers Sander

Shyh-Mei Fang Ho

Kenneth R Blackman

Kevin Michael McBride

Mark Alan Bach

Kyle Jeffrey Charlet

H Moncrief Rowe-Anderson

Thomas Arthur Vogel

Huey Moncrief Rowe-Anderson

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for accessing a database. The database is modeled as an objects framework having zero or more business objects and one or more data objects. The data objects represent data in the database and the business objects represent logic for operating on the data objects.

Generic execution model for isolating applications from underlying databases

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for accessing a hierarchical database. The database is modeled into an objects framework, wherein the objects framework corresponds to application views, data structures, and data defined and stored in the database. The database is then accessed through the objects framework. A class definition tool generates class definitions for objects that encapsulate or wrapper the data retrieved from the database.

Execution paradigm for accessing hierarchical data using an object framework

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating class specifications for an object-oriented application that accesses a hierarchical database. The class specifications are generated using a command line interface of a class definition tool. A database description and a record layout associated with the hierarchical database are captured and associated to define a specification for the database. Class definitions are then generated from the database specification, wherein the class definitions are instantiated as objects in the objects framework that encapsulate data retrieved from the database.

Command line interface for creating business objects for accessing a

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating class definitions and implementations for datastore persistent objects. A 'wizard' or 'task guide' is displayed on a monitor attached to a computer, wherein the wizard comprises a step-by-step procedure for creating the class specifications and implementations for the datastore persistent objects. User input is accepted into the computer in response to the step-by-step procedure and the class specifications and implementations for the datastore persistent objects are created using the user input.

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Thomas Beavers Sander