Patent ID: 8863011

Claim:
A method for handling objects in a software framework, comprising: providing an object handler for a specific object type; providing a first user interface by the software framework, the first user interface having at least one input field for entry of an identifier of an object; entering the identifier of the object in the at least one input field; responsive to receiving the entered identifier, effecting a calling method to the object handler to check whether the object associated with the entered identifier exists; checking by the object handler to determine whether the object associated with the entered identifier exists using a lookup table listing of objects and their respective identifiers; communicating to the object handler a response indicating whether the object exists; determining by the object handler if an additional property associated with the object needs to be maintained; and if so, presenting a second user interface for entering the additional property; determining if the second user interface is within the software framework; and if the second user interface is not within the software framework, returning a task request by the object handler to the software framework, wherein the task request includes an object key of the object and an additional task to be performed by the software framework, wherein the object handler handles the specific object type, and each respective object associated with the specific object type is represented by an identifier having a character string of a certain length.