Abstract: A utility for comparing two objects in an object-oriented operating system that also records the differences so that they may be put into human-readable form. In one exemplary embodiment of this invention, two JAVA objects are compared by calling one of the equality methods. If the selected equality method indicates that there is a difference between the two objects, then get . . . ( ) methods of each object are invoked in turn. The results get . . . ( ) methods are compared. If there are differences, the differences are stored in an XML document. The get . . . ( ) method is recursively invoked until the Class of the result has no more get . . . ( ) methods to decompose.

Abstract: A job processing framework according to the present invention allows an application to be developed independent of any particular service. Tasks performed by the application are broken up into smaller units of work, or “jobs,” which are each bound to a particular service at execution, or “deployment.” The binding occurs via a “deployer” comprising a configuration source. The configuration source includes instructions that bind particular jobs with a particular service. Therefore, if improved services are developed subsequent to the application, only the configuration source needs to be updated, not the application. Accordingly, significant time and expense is saved by allowing applications to be developed independent of particular services.

Abstract: A service interface enables an application to be developed independently from a particular service. At execution of the application, the application is wrapped or bound to a service. Advantageously, a configuration file includes instructions that bind particular applications with a particular service. Therefore, if improved services are developed after the application is written, only the configuration file needs to be updated, not the application source code. Accordingly, significant time and expense is saved by allowing applications to be developed independently from particular services.

Abstract: A system and method that provides for representation of any sophisticated relational database model as a set of automatically when needed generated Java bean objects. The system simplifying relational database development in terms of initial development time and ongoing maintenance without being tied to a particular J2EE technology or database or external service/third-party product. Advantageously the model object mapping code is generated either from DDL or directly from the metadata from a database, or from another source. The system and methods allows for high-performance gains and flexibility via a number of configurable parameters enabling complex primary/foreign key relationships to be modeled. The code generation is vendor specific advantageously allowing specific database vendor SQL hints to be added to generated code to improve performance.

Abstract: A utility for comparing two objects in an object-oriented operating system that also records the differences so that they may be put into human-readable form. In one exemplary embodiment of this invention, two Java objects are compared by calling one of the equality methods. If the selected equality method indicates that there is a difference between the two objects, then get . . . ( ) methods of each object are invoked in turn. The results get . . . ( ) methods are compared. If there are differences, the differences are stored in an XML document. The get . . . ( ) method is recursively invoked until the Class of the result has no more get . . . ( ) methods to decompose.