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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2008
Randal Lee Bertram, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bridget Marie Meyer, Rochester, MN (US);
Jeffery John Van Heuklon, Rochester, MN (US);
Randal Lee Bertram, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bridget Marie Meyer, Rochester, MN (US);
Jeffery John Van Heuklon, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for generating information on application tasks for component objects grouped in a composite object. A composite object in a computer readable medium is comprised of component objects, wherein different application tasks are used to process the component objects. Metadata associates the application tasks for the component objects grouped in the composite object with the composite object. An operation is performed on the composite object by processing the metadata indicating the application tasks for the component objects grouped in the composite object on which the operation is performed.