Abstract: A widget is incorporated into a user interface associated with a processing system to provide the user with a display of the entered data, together with any added text or other data modifications that result from application of a default format. The display thus enables the user to determine whether or not the default format can be used with the entered data, before the data is processed. The widget also provides a toggle capability, to allow the user to override the default behavior of the processing system and select a different valid format for use with the entered data, from a format priority list contained in the widget. The display and toggle capabilities cause the entered data to be processed by the system as intended by the user.

Abstract: For use in an integrated development environment, such as Eclipse, a common connection registry of connections to remote iSeries systems is presented. The connection registry comprises subsystem objects that contain information specific to a particular tool and connection. These subsystem objects include iSeries Objects, iSeries Jobs, iSeries Commands, IFS Files, and IFS Commands. The framework further presents a common user interface called the remote systems explorer by which tools can be registered within a connection to an iSeries resource, or by which a new connection to an iSeries resource can be created. Each subsystem object type has a factory that has a plurality of application program interfaces by which connection objects and subsystem objects can be created, retrieved, maintained, updated, modified, stored in the registry, and/or deleted, etc. for that type of resource.