# US 2009/0276784 A1 · Resource management method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2009/0276784 A1 - Document ID: US20090276784A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/114,518 - Filed: 2008-05-02 - Published: 2009-11-05 - Earliest claimed: 2008-05-02 - Assignees: Oracle International Corporation - Inventors: Richard Grieve; Paolo Fragapane - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090276784A1 ## CPC - G06F 9/44505: {Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract There is provided a method of managing a resource within a computer system using a configuration wrapper, the method comprising: providing a configuration file comprising configuration data for the resource; generating metadata related to the configuration data; and automatically processing the metadata to produce a configuration wrapper for the resource. The configuration wrapper may be a java object with management attributes and methods. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of managing a computer resource using a configuration wrapper, the method comprising: providing a computer-readable configuration file comprising configuration data for the resource to a computer system; generating, with the computer system, computer-readable metadata related to the configuration data; automatically processing the metadata, with the computer system, to produce a configuration wrapper for the resource that can be used to manage the configuration and storing the configuration wrapper in a computer-readable medium. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the computer resource comprises one of: an application, an implementation of a software service, a device, a database or a user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration wrapper comprises a Java object with associated attributes and operations. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the Java object is an MBean. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration wrapper is implemented using a plurality of Java objects. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata is stored in a metadata file. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating computer-readable metadata comprises generating a CSV or XML file associated with the configuration data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the step of automatically processing the metadata comprises: providing, with the computer system, a reference to the metadata file; processing, with the computer system, the metadata file using an automator application; generating, with the computer system, one or more files used to implement the configuration wrapper. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising viewing properties of the resource by calling methods associated with the configuration wrapper. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the methods of the configuration wrapper retrieve data from the configuration file. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying properties of the resource by calling methods associated with the configuration wrapper. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the methods of the configuration wrapper modify data within the configuration file. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein at any time after the step of automatically processing the metadata the method further comprises the steps of: d. loading, with the computer system, a management agent for managing one or more resources; e. implementing, with the computer system, the configuration wrapper; f. associating, with the computer system, the configuration wrapper with the management agent; and g. using, with the computer system, the management agent to view and/or modify the properties of the resource. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the management agent comprises a JMX management application. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: altering, with the computer system, the form of the configuration file; updating, with the computer system, the metadata associated with the configuration data; and automatically processing the metadata, with the computer system, a further time to produce an updated configuration wrapper for the resource. ### Claim 16 A data structure for use in managing a resource within a computer system, the data structure comprising: a configuration file comprising configuration data for the resource; a metadata file comprising metadata associated with the configuration data; and a configuration wrapper for use in managing the resource, wherein the configuration wrapper was generated with the computer system automatically based on the metadata file. ### Claim 17 A management system for managing a resource within a computer system, the management system comprising: means for storing configuration data for the resource; means for storing metadata associated with the configuration data; and means for managing the resource, wherein the means for managing the resource was generated automatically based on the means for storing meta data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The management system of claim 17, wherein the means for managing the resource is adapted to read and/or modify configuration data for the resource associated with the means for storing configuration data. ### Claim 19 A system for generating a configuration wrapper for use in managing a resource, the resource having a configuration file, the system comprising: an input module adapted to receive a reference to a metadata file related to the configuration file; a mapping module adapted to store the reference in memory; a metadata module adapted to generate one or more metadata objects in memory based on data within the metadata file; a builder module adapted to generate one or more configuration wrapper objects in memory based on the metadata objects; and a writer module adapted to write one or more implementation files based on the one or more configuration wrapper objects generated by the builder module, wherein the one or more implementation files are used to implement a configuration wrapper for the resource. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein the builder module and the writer module are adapted to produce configuration wrapper objects and implementation files in one or more of the following formats: Java, C++ and XML Schema (XSD). ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The system of claim 20, further comprising one or more additional builder and writer modules, wherein the system is adapted to output implementation files for two or more formats. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein the input module is adapted to receive a mapping file comprising one or more mappings between one or more configuration files and one or more respective metadata files. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The system of claim 22, wherein the input module is adapted to receive a mapping file comprising a plurality of mappings and the system is further adapted to generate implementation files for a plurality of configuration wrappers. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The system of claim 23, wherein the system is adapted to generate implementation files for a plurality of configuration wrappers for managing a plurality of resources. ### Claim 25 A computer-readable medium comprising program code configured to process metadata associated with configuration data for a resource within a computer system to generate a configuration wrapper for use in managing the resource.