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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bradley A Lafuse, Willowick, OH (US);
Assignee:
Allen-Bradley Company, LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
707103 ; 707101 ; 707-2 ; 707205 ;
Abstract
A object oriented attribute handle for parsing and packing object attributes for communication thereof between virtual and physical devices in an object oriented programming environment. The handle comprising the steps of creating a plurality of attribute description files for each class of object instances and either parsing or packing instance attributes in accordance with a corresponding one of the plurality of attribute description files. The handle using a suite of routines to parse or pack instance attributes in accordance with the corresponding predefined attribute description file.