Replaceable and extensible log component of a network component system

摘要

A log component of an extensible and replaceable network-oriented component system maintains a list of locations explored by a user when navigating a computer network, in addition to organizing various "views" of the list to provide a mental "routing map" relationship between the explored locations. The network-oriented system includes a novel application programming interface for the log component that facilitates integration with an underlying software component architecture. Such a highly-modular cooperating layered-arrangement between the network component system and the component architecture allows the log component to be replaced, extended or modified by other log-type components, while ensuring that these latter components "seamlessly" interact with existing components and component editors of the system.