System for processing application programs including a language independent context management technique

A data processing system having a language independent context management facility, implements scripting related functions by providing abstract classes. Scripting related objects in a visual builder are: script action objects; script development environments (support object-oriented and procedural scripting languages) and action objects and script debuggers. Abstract classes such as extension language, extension method, and extension activation are used to implement the script-related objects listed above. To support a specific scripting language, a language specific implementation is generated by creating subclasses for the extension language, extension method, and extension activation classes.