Patent ID: 7509630
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable signal-bearing medium that comprises one or more of a floppy disk, magnetic tape, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, hard disk drive, or electronic memory that stores a software program for implementation of: a reusable management infrastructure for a distributed software application that is external to the reusable management infrastructure, wherein the distributed software application comprises application software of a plurality of software components within a plurality of executables that run on one or more processors; wherein the reusable management infrastructure comprises a manager component, management support software for the plurality of software components, and a configuration file; wherein the reusable management infrastructure employs a code generator and the configuration file to generate the management support software for the application software and to generate an application programming interface for communication between the management support software and the application software; wherein the manager component initializes at least two software components, of the plurality of software components, in an ordered sequence based on one or more dependency relationships among the at least two software components; wherein the manager component makes a determination of the ordered sequence based on the dependency relationships.