Patent ID: 6016477
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method, implemented in a computer system, for identifying decision points in an object-oriented object, comprising the steps of:creating said object having a plurality of decision points in said computer system;identifying and naming points of attachment for business rules in the operation of said object for each of said plurality of decision points;associating by name a selected one of said plurality of decision points to at least one trigger point in said object;assigning selected business rules to said named points of attachment for business rules in said object to said named associated decision point;executing said object in said computer system until said at least one trigger point is detected in said object attached to said named associated decision point; anddisplaying to a user in said computer the points of attachment for business rules in said object and the selected rules which have been associated with said named decision point.