System and method for dynamically adding management information base object

Abstract

A software package comprising a variable describing a state of a device, the variable having an assigned name, a mapping module including a mapping between the assigned name and a routine, wherein the routine accesses the variable and a dynamic receiving module receiving and storing, without recompiling the software package, a correlation between a common name for the variable and the assigned name, a request, including the common name of the variable being fulfilled by consulting the stored correlation. Further, a software package operating on a device comprising a reading module to read software code in a file, the software code including a correlation between a common name and an assigned name for a variable and a dynamic correlation module receiving the correlation from the reading module and storing, without recompiling the software package, the correlation.

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