Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for facilitating the generation of tools and applications for a computer network. An access server, executed by a first computer, accesses interface definitions stored in a database. A data access library, coupled to the access server and executed by a second computer, provides the interface definitions to be stored in the database by the access server. A second server, coupled to the data access library and executed by a third computer, sends a request to the database through the access server, wherein the request maintains and uses the stored interface definitions. An application programming model, stored in the database, supports the unique identification of the interface definitions for a service in cases where multiple interface definitions exist for the service.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generation of tools and applications for a computer network. An access server, executed by a first computer, accesses interface definitions stored in a database, wherein the object names, short descriptions and long descriptions of the stored interface definitions are stored in at least one language ID and at least one code page. A data access library, coupled to the access server and executed by a second computer, provides the interface definitions to be stored in the database by the access server. A second server, coupled to the data access library and executed by a third computer, sends requests to the database through the access server, wherein the requests maintain and use the stored interface definitions. A string handler, coupled to the second server, stores and retrieves object names, short descriptions and long descriptions in a user specified language ID and code page.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generation of tools and applications for a computer network. An access server, executed by a first computer accesses interface definitions stored in a database. A data access library, coupled to the access server and executed by a second computer, provides the interface definitions to be stored in the database by the access server. A server, coupled to the data access library and executed by a third computer, sends requests to maintain and use stored interface definitions in the database. An set of code generation data, stored in the database, which allows developers to give hints to the programmer and/or the code generator for default values, validation specifications and GUI presentation hints for a given field.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generation of tools and applications for a computer network. An access server, executed by a first computer accesses interface definitions stored in a database. A data access library, coupled to the access server and executed by a second computer, provides the interface definitions to be stored in the database by the access server. A server, coupled to the data access library and executed by a third computer, sends requests to maintain and use stored interface definitions in the database.