Patent ID: 7406678
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: 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 one or more 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 one or more 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 is configured to handle: an addition of one or more first resources to the distributed software application on behalf of the distributed software application; and/or a removal of one or more second resources from the distributed software application on behalf of the distributed software application.