Patent ID: 6532471
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for allowing a user to visually browse and edit interfaces and objects contained in Interface Repositories, said Interface Repositories comprising an on-line database accessible through a search and query protocol, said interface repositories being stored on one or more server computers and storing interface descriptions for program objects, said interface descriptions including containment, inheritance and interface definition language information, the method comprising the steps of:providing a containment view, an interface definition language view and a inheritance view for a selected object, each of said views containing a plurality of displayed items; allowing a user to re-select an item in a view; retrieving containment, interface definition language and inheritance information for the re-selected item from an Interface Repository through an Interface Repository search and query protocol; and updating the containment view, interface definition language view and the inheritance view according to the retrieved information.