A COMMON ARCHITECTURE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF CLIENT SIDE PROPERTY SETTINGS IN A DISTRIBUTED AND HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENT

摘要

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system, method and computer program product or the administration of client side property settings in a distributed and heterogeneous environment is provided. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises establishing communication between a plurality of property agents and a property service, and looking up an identifier in a property repository for each property agent. A property setting in an updated client application associated with a selected one of the property agents is then modified by a database administrator. Changed property settings from the selected one of the property agents are then sent to the property service. Property settings associated with the updated client application are updated in the property repository. The updated property settings are sent from the property service to a plurality of property agents. The property agents may then merge the updated property settings into an associated application.