A METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IMPLEMENTING A CARRIER MANAGER REGISTRY

摘要

A carrier rate module contains item rating instructions for rating an item for a carrier and self-registration instructions for storing registration information in a registry about the carrier rate module. The self-registration instructions are stored at an entry point with a predefined name so that a standard registration program can invoke the self-registration instructions thro ugh the entry point. The registration information stored in the registry includes a carrier identifier for the carrier in a one-to-one association with a module ide ntifier. The module identifier indicates how to load the carrier rate module, so that a carrier manager librarian can identify an entry point of the item rating instruc tions based on the registration information stored in the registry.