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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1998
Mitchell Adam Cohen, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Tracy Mark Harris, Rochester, MN (US);
Martin Clarence Sturzenbecker, Carmel, NY (US);
James Allen Walters, Byron, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A generic interface between an electronic commerce frontend and a business management backend is provided via an object oriented computer program product. In operation, the program creates one or more specific business objects from a plurality of specific business object classes. The program also provides a framework within which the business objects travel. A first framework instance is coupled to the frontend, and a second framework instance is coupled to the backend. In response to a request from the frontend or backend, the framework instance coupled to the requesting end creates a specific business object to perform the requested operation. Specific Business Objects are derived from a common class containing the methods required by the framework, a specific business object class containing the methods for performing a specific business function (e.g., order, provide production information, etc.), a frontend adapter class containing the methods for mapping data from the frontend to the business object, and a backend adapter class containing the methods for mapping data from the business object to a backend.