Patent ID: 7783720
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a network, the method comprising: a client generating a request for type information for an attribute or event pertaining to management of one or more managed network objects, wherein the request is expressed in an interface definition language, wherein the interface definition language is operable to define object interfaces across a plurality of platforms and across a plurality of programming languages, wherein each managed network object is a computer programming language object representing one or more devices on a network; sending the request for type information to an object request broker; a metadata gateway receiving the request for type information from the object request broker; reading the type information from a metadata repository, wherein the type information is stored in a database format in the metadata repository; translating the type information from the database format to the interface definition language; the metadata gateway sending the translated type information to the object request broker; and the client receiving the translated type information for the attribute or event through the object request broker, wherein the translated type information is expressed in the interface definition language.