Map builder system and method for enabling generic interfacing of an application with a display map generation process in a management system

摘要

A map builder system (30) is implemented in a topological management system (29) in a computer system (34) to enable generic interfacing of an application with a display map generation process. The topological management system (29) tracks a topology of objects. The map builder system (30) includes a map builder (31) and a topology data repository (52) that implements a schema (68). The schema (68) comprises a series of tables (72) containing updated topological data representing particular attributes and relationships of the objects to be depicted. The map builder (31) interfaces the topological data within these tables (72) with a management system application programmatic interface (API) (14), which interfaces with applications. The map builder (31) constructs a series of mappings from the data, and the management system API (14) is capable of using these mappings to construct a topology representing the relevant objects. The user can view the topology from the management system API (14) and can change the topological representation, if desired.