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US 2006/0242132 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for in-built searching and aggregating functionality
AssigneeComputer Associates Think, Inc.
InventorMichael Smith
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention a computer-readable media stores code that is operable to be executed on a processor. The code includes a JAVA class having objects with associated attributes and also having at least one method. The at least one method is operable, when executed on the processor, to search the objects across any attribute of the objects.
Claims44
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- computer-readable media storing code operable to be executed on the processor, the code including a JAVA class having objects with associated attributes and also having at least one method, the method being operable, when executed on the processor, to search the objects across any attribute of the objects.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- computer readable media storing code to be executed on the processor, the code including a JAVA Array List class having searching methods that are operable, when executed on the processor, to allow generic searching of objects, the generic searching comprising searching any attribute associated with the objects without using pre-defined search criteria.
An apparatus comprising:
- computer-readable media storing code to be executed on a processor;
- and wherein the code includes a JAVA class having objects with associated attributes and also having at least one method, the at least one method being operable, when executed on the processor, to search the objects across any attribute of the objects.
A method for searching a directory comprising:
- storing a plurality of items;
- and
- executing code, the code including a JAVA class having objects with associated attributes and also having at least one method, the method being operable, when executed on a processor, to search the objects across any attribute of the objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.