Systems, methods and computer program products for locating resources within an xml document defining a console for managing multiple application programs

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for sharing resources within an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document that defines a console (i.e., a graphical user interface or GUI) for managing a plurality of application programs and tasks associated therewith. Upon receiving a user request to perform a task associated with an application program managed by a console, resource containers at each scoping level within the XML document are searched for one or more resources required to perform the task. A search is initiated at the scoping level where a task to be performed is defined and proceeds in ascending order towards the root scoping level until the resource is located. When found, a clone of each located resource is generated. The task is then performed using the clone of the resource. The clone of the resource may be discarded after the task has been performed.