Abstract: A system and method for managing a component-based system. The system includes at least one application component and a management core. Each of the components is associated with a managed object representation including the management logic of the component. The management core provides a managed object view of each managed object and allows manipulation of management behavior of each managed object through at least one predetermined event policy. The components are a part of a network application. When a predetermined event is reported in association with one of the components, an associated event policy of the at least one predetermined event policy is performed.

Abstract: A system and method for managing dependencies in a component-based system. The process includes defining a resource that is part of an entity, recording a resource specifier for the resource, and recording resource dependency relationships definitions for the resource. The resource and its dependency relationships may the be deployed to a system. The deployment may include verifying the existence of all dependency relationship resources of the resource on the system and transmitting a warning if any of the dependencies of the are unsatisfied. The deployment may also include creating an abstract resource if the abstract resource recorded as a dependency is not found on the system to which the resource is being deployed. The abstract resource may be created based on the dependency relationship definition of the abstract resource. If any dependency relationship is unsatisfied, and deployment can not be completed without the dependency, deployment may be ended.