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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Philip Theodore Berkland, Austin, TX (US);
Howard Justin Glaser, San Jose, CA (US);
David Joseph Kuettel, San Jose, CA (US);
Stewart Earle Nickolas, Round Rock, TX (US);
John Conrad Sanchez, Pflugerville, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for combining existing objects is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a selection of existing objects to combine, retrieving the methods and attributes of the selected objects, applying a composition rule to the retrieved methods and attributes to define combined methods and attributes, and storing references to the combined methods and attributes to the composite object. The present invention also comprises an article of manufacture, tangibly embodying a series of instructions for performing the above steps. The apparatus comprises a processor for selecting existing objects and for applying a composition rule to the retrieved objects and methods and an I/O device for retrieving the methods an attributes for the selected objects and for storing references to the combined methods and attributes.