Abstract: A reprographic submission and tracking system, apparatus, and method are disclosed. In one embodiment a reprographic client module includes providing a summary of at least one previously completed request associated with a reprographic submission, generating a reproduction request that can be customized based on a set of configurable parameters and providing a tracking information of a reproduction request through a communication with a reprographic provider module through a network. A parameter of the at least one previously completed request associated with the reprographic submission may be applied to the reproduction request. The reproduction request may be generated by merging a set of documents to a unitary project file comprising each of the set of documents. The reprographic client module may permit a submission of multiple distinct project files simultaneously to the reprographic provider module through the network.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling the maintenance of multiple metastates for a persistent object without increasing the size of the object reference. An object reference data structure is provided in memory and persistent storage to carry a key which contains a universal unique identification (UUID) of an object and other generic common information of the object. A table, maintained by a server process in memory and persistent storage, contains tuples consisting of a key and metastates for persistent objects. A technique is also provided for interacting with the object for the exchange of metastate and the handling of lifecycle issues such as object creation, passivation (removing from memory), reactivation (restoring to memory) and destruction. Additional types of metastates may be added without reimplementation of the server which manages the persistent objects.