Method and apparatus for providing object-oriented file structur

Details Method and apparatus for providing object-oriented file structur Method and apparatus for providing object-oriented file structur

1996-10-21

1997-09-02

Black, Thomas G.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Hierarchical memories

395614, 711170, 711171, 711172, 711173, G06F 700, G06F 900

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056641893

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an object-oriented file structuring system. The invention provides a method of defining DATA objects and CONTAINER objects and SYSTEM objects that facilitates navigation through a file structuring system. Notation and nomenclature are defined for building files composed of CONTAINERs and DATA and SYSTEM objects and for defining relationships between and among files, CONTAINERs and DATA. A FOCUS LIST tracks objects of interest and aids in NAVIGATION. CONTAINER objects contain other objects. DATA objects enclose DATA in either machine-dependent or machine-independent value representations. Developers work with logical files and can freely create and modify the logical relationships of file objects. A RECONSTITUTION algorithm periodically updates the physical file to correspond to the logical file.

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