Patent ID: 7653731
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed per forms a method for creating and managing Connection Information Files within an instance of an application, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising: maintaining, by a Connection Information File management component, a list of existing Connection Information Files within the instance of the application, wherein each existing Connection Information File is an object within the instance of the application; searching, by the Connection Information File management component, for existing connection files, wherein searching, by the Connection Information File management component, for the existing connection files comprises: generating, by a Connection Information File generation component, a new Connection Information File for the instance of the application, wherein generating, by the Connection Information File generation component, the new Connection Information File for the instance of the application comprises determining a connection file defining a connection to an external source, wherein determining the connection file defining the connection to the external source comprises at least one of the following: defining, by a Connection Information File linking component, one of the following: links between the existing Connection Information Files and data objects within the instance of the application and links between generated Connection Information Files and the data objects within the instance of the application, wherein the existing Connection Information Files are independent of the data objects.