Object oriented server process framework with implicit data handling registry for remote method invocations

Abstract

An object oriented framework provides a set of objects that perform computer system server functions and that permit a framework user to add extensions for defining a Server Process category of objects that perform service processes for the network and exchange implicit data with remote processes of the network, and also define an Implicit Data Handler Registry (IDHR) class of objects that receive registration information from Provider objects of the Server Process category. Each Provider object of a Server Process registers with the IDHR of its local node if the service process produces implicit data for use by remote processes that request service, such that the IDHR object requests implicit data from a registered Provider in response to remote method requests to network remote processes, receives implicit data from remote processes and passes the data to registered Provider objects, requests implicit data from registered Provider objects for reply to requests from remote processes, and provides Provider objects with implicit reply data received back from remote nodes from whom service was requested. In this way, implicit data handling is controlled through registration with the IDHR objects and is transparent to the Server Process objects.