Patent ID: 8863011
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for handling objects in a software framework, comprising: providing an object handler for a specific object type; providing a first user interface by the software framework, the first user interface having at least one input field for entry of an identifier of an object; entering the identifier of the object in the at least one input field; responsive to receiving the entered identifier, effecting a calling method to the object handler to check whether the object associated with the entered identifier exists; checking by the object handler to determine whether the object associated with the entered identifier exists using a lookup table listing of objects and their respective identifiers; communicating to the object handler a response indicating whether the object exists; determining by the object handler if an additional property associated with the object needs to be maintained; and if so, wherein the object handler handles the specific object type, and each respective object associated with the specific object type is represented by an identifier having a character string of a certain length.