CONSTRAINT-BASED LOCATION AND BINDING OF SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for locating and binding software components (52, 53, 54,55, 56, 57) based on a specified set of constraints (77). Each component is associated with a set of meta-data (64) that contains information on attributes of the component. Components are located by matchin...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Apparatus and methods are disclosed for locating and binding software components (52, 53, 54,55, 56, 57) based on a specified set of constraints (77). Each component is associated with a set of meta-data (64) that contains information on attributes of the component. Components are located by matching a specified set of constraints against the meta-data associated with the components. If more than one matching component is found, a set of selection criteria are used to choose one of the matching components. The component location method may search for matching components on a local computer (20, 22, 24), and one or more component servers computers (26, 36) connected to a network (30).
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for locating and binding software components based on a specified set of constraints. Each component is associated with a set of meta-data that contains information on attributes of the component. Components are located by matching a specified set of constraints against the meta-data with the components. If more than one matching component is found, a set of selection criteria are used to choose one of the matching components. The component location method may search for matching components on a local computer, and one or more component servers connected to a network.
Cette invention se rapporte à un appareil et à des procédés servant à localiser et à lier des composants logiciels sur la base d'un groupe spécifié de contraintes. Chaque composant est associé à un groupe de métadonnées qui contiennent des informations sur les attributs du composant. On localise les composants en mettant en correspondance un groupe spécifié de contraintes avec les métadonnées associées aux composants. Si plus d'un composant satisfaisant à une mise en correspondance est trouvé, on utilise un groupe de critères de sélection pour choisir l'un des composants satisfaisant à une mise en correspondance. Ce procédé de localisation de composants peut servir à rechercher des composants satisfaisant à une mise en correspondance dans un ordinateur local, et dans un ou plusieurs serveurs de composants connectés à un réseau. |
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