Using dynamic object modeling and business rules to dynamically specify and modify behavior

摘要

A system and a method are provided for using dynamic object modeling and one or more types of policy rules to dynamically specify and modify system behavior at various levels of abstraction, including business, system, and device implementation. The system and method allow for specifying, instantiating, managing, and removing sets of temporary or permanent additions and/or modifications to the attributes or behavior of a set of objects, relationships, scripts, and/or applications of a device, module, subsystem, or system, without having to change the underlying code of these objects, relationships, scripts, and/or applications. The systems and methods enable attributes, methods and/or relationships (e.g., associations, aggregations, and/or compositions), as well as constraints on any of these elements, to be dynamically added or changed at runtime without changing any underlying code of the components being managed by instantiating and manipulating object instances in accordance with certain policy rules.

主权项

1. A method for specifying the features and behavior of a set of system resources, wherein the method comprises:
providing a management entity having a processor and a memory; providing an information model to represent features, behaviors, or relationships of a set of system resources, wherein said information model includes a first set of model elements; deriving, by the management entity, a data model from the information model, wherein the deriving comprises mapping one or more elements of the first set of model elements into a second set of model elements of the data model; storing the data model into a first repository; deriving, by the management entity, one or more data objects from the data model associated with a behavior, feature, or relationship of a system resource; and executing, by the management entity, one or more process to effect one or more system changes specified by the one or more data objects.