Patent ID: 6606632
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for transforming transient contents of an object-oriented database into a persistent textual form according to a grammar, said object-oriented database and said textual form being stored in a memory of a computer system, said method comprising:expressing a plurality of entries as objects in said object-oriented database in transient form, wherein said entries and said objects relate to configuration parameters of said computer system, wherein said object-oriented database stores configuration data that identifies available resources of said computer system; generating a textual form of said plurality of entries corresponding to said objects in said object-oriented database, wherein said generating includes for each object in said object-oriented database expressing a key state for said corresponding plurality of entries according to said grammar, wherein said textual form is lesser in size than said transient form of said plurality of entries in said object-oriented database; sending said textual form to a Java program; and said Java program storing said textual form in one or more persistent containers accessible to populate another object-oriented database.