METHOD OF MANIPULATING A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM OF COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED OBJECTS

摘要

A technique for manipulating computer-implemented objects used a Command-Behavior technique (Figure 3, #330) to separate Behaviors (Figure 3, #310a NOt #310b), which perform actions on the object, from Commands, which cause the Behaviors to be invoked. A dynamic mapping of Commands (Figure 3, #340) to Behaviors allows the system to change which Behavior is invoked by a Command. Objects in the system can have Shadows, the Shadows and the object communicating with each other. The technique allows objects and their Shadows to transparently reside anywhere in a distributed network of servers, using any available network protocol for communication.