Patent ID: 7562126
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A tool library embedded in a computer readable storage medium for creating a communication agent ( 10 ) for communication between a manager ( 20 ) and at least one resource ( 30 ) of a data processing system, the tool library comprising a command for creating a protocol core ( 111 ) as an executable program of the communication agent, ( 10 ) wherein the protocol core manages the at least one resource, said command being created from a formalized description of the at least one resource; and at least one development support function, which allows a user to develop methods ( 12 ) for at least one of communicating with the protocol core ( 111 ) updating at least one instance of a model ( 11 ) of the at least one resource ( 30 ), and using a mode to read the at least one instance of the model ( 11 ) of the at least one resource ( 30 ), wherein if the mode for obtaining the instance is “direct” mode, the protocol core ( 111 ) of the agent constructs, then sends a request for a response to the manager wherein the request includes a value of the instance existing in the model of the resource it manages; and if the mode for obtaining the instance is “signal” mode, the protocol core of the agent constructs, then sends a message to the method corresponding to the instance, in order to obtain the value of the at least one instance.