Method for serializing, compiling persistent textual form of an object-oriented database into intermediate object-oriented form using plug-in module translating entries according to grammar

A method for compiling a persistent textual form of an object-oriented database into an intermediate object-oriented form of said object-oriented database, said method comprising:

• a user creating a plug-in module to extend a grammar to include a set of one or more extended keywords, wherein the grammar includes a set of standard keywords, wherein at least one of the extended keywords is a name for a complex data type which is built from one or more primitive data types, and wherein the grammar is usable to define the persistent textual form of said object-oriented database;
• reading a first entry from said persistent textual form of an object-oriented database, wherein said object-oriented database stores configuration data that identifies available resources of a computer system, and wherein said first entry includes one or more primitive data types;
• said plug-in module translating the first entry according to the grammar by translating the primitive data types into the complex data type;
• and
• expressing and storing said translated first entry in said intermediate object-oriented form using the complex data type.

A carrier medium comprising program instructions for serializing a transient object-oriented database into a persistent textual form of said object-oriented database, wherein said program instructions are executable to implement:

• a user creating a plug-in module to extend a grammar to include a set of one or more extended keywords, wherein the grammar includes a set of standard keywords, wherein at least one of the extended keywords is a name for a complex data type which is built from one or more primitive data types, and wherein the grammar is usable to define the persistent textual form of said object-oriented database;
• reading a first entry from said transient object-oriented database, wherein said object-oriented database stores configuration data that identifies available resources of a computer system, and wherein said first entry includes the complex data type;
• said plug-in module translating said first entry according to the grammar by translating the complex data type into the one or more primitive data types;
• and
• expressing and storing said translated first entry in the persistent textual form in a static configuration tree.

A carrier medium comprising program instructions for compiling a persistent textual form of an object-oriented database into an intermediate object-oriented form of said object-oriented database, wherein said program instructions are executable to implement:

• a user creating a plug-in module to extend a grammar to include a set of one or more extended keywords, wherein the grammar includes a set of standard keywords, wherein at least one of the extended keywords is a name for a complex data type which is built from one or more primitive data types, and wherein the grammar is usable to define the persistent textual form of said object-oriented database;
• reading a first entry from said persistent textual form of an object-oriented database, wherein said object-oriented database stores configuration data that identifies available resources of a computer system, and wherein said first entry includes one or more primitive data types;
• said plug-in module translating the first entry according to the grammar by translating the primitive data types into the complex data type;
• and
• expressing and storing said translated first entry in said intermediate object-oriented form using the complex data type.

A computer system for serializing a transient object-oriented database into a persistent textual form of said object-oriented database, said computer system comprising:

• a CPU;
• a memory coupled to said CPU, wherein said memory stores said object-oriented database and said textual form, wherein said memory stores program instructions executable by said CPU, and wherein said program instructions are executable to:
• load a user-created plug-in module to extend a grammar to include a set of one or more extended keywords, wherein the grammar includes a set of standard keywords, wherein at least one of the extended keywords is a name for a complex data type which is built from one or more primitive data types, and wherein the grammar is usable to define the persistent textual form of said object-oriented database;
• read a first entry from said transient object-oriented database, wherein said object-oriented database stores configuration data that identifies available resources of a computer system, and wherein said first entry includes the complex data type;
• translate said first entry according to the grammar by translating the complex data type into the one or more primitive data types using the plug-in module;
• and
• express and store said translated first entry in the persistent textual form in a static configuration tree.

A computer system for compiling a persistent textual form of an object-oriented database into an intermediate object-oriented form of said object-oriented database, said computer system comprising:

• a CPU;
• a memory coupled to said CPU, wherein said memory stores said object-oriented database and said textual form, wherein said memory stores program instructions executable by said CPU, and wherein said program instructions are executable to:
• load a user-created plug-in module to extend a grammar to include a set of one or more extended keywords, wherein the grammar includes a set of standard keywords, wherein at least one of the extended keywords is a name for a complex data type which is built from one or more primitive data types, and wherein the grammar is usable to define the persistent textual form of said object-oriented database;
• read a first entry from said persistent textual form of an object-oriented database, wherein said object-oriented database stores configuration data that identifies available resources of a computer system, and wherein said first entry includes one or more primitive data types;
• translate the first entry according to the grammar by translating the primitive data types into the complex data type;
• and
• express and store said translated first entry in said intermediate object-oriented form using the complex data type.