Interface for providing access to external data sources/sinks

Details Interface for providing access to external data sources/sinks Interface for providing access to external data sources/sinks

1993-12-20

1995-12-12

Kulik, Paul V.

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395500, 364DIG1, 3642821, 3642833, 364284, G06F 1730, G06F 1300

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054758360

ABSTRACT:
An interface for enabling an application program to connect to a selected one or more of a plurality of external data sources/sinks, the application program running on a computer having active memory, the interface including a plurality of driver means, each of said drivers corresponding to a different subgroup of the plurality of external data sources/sinks; a name manager for identifying the drivers to the application; a selector for selecting one of the identified external data sources/sinks; a loader for loading the drivers corresponding to the selected external data source/sink into active memory; and an identifier for identifying a first plurality of entry points to a first plurality of function calls that said application can make to the loaded drivers, the plurality of function calls including function calls for establishing and/or terminating connectivity to the loaded drivers.

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