Resource management method and system enabling identity mapping between resources and objects

A computer program product in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for managing resources, comprising:

• computer usable code for providing a plurality of specialized classes modeling a resource, the resource participating in management of a license for an application;
• computer usable code for representing the resource by a plurality of specialized objects wherein each specialized object in the plurality of specialized objects represents the resource, each specialized object instantiating a corresponding specialized class from the plurality of specialized classes, each specialized object being identified by a corresponding specialized name, each specialized class being distinct from another specialized class modeling the resource such that specialized objects corresponding to the distinct specialized classes represent different aspects of the resource;
• computer usable code for associating an edge class with the specialized classes;
• computer usable code for associating the resource with a corresponding edge object instantiating the edge class, each edge object being identified by a corresponding edge name;
• computer usable code for associating each specialized object with the edge name of the corresponding edge object, the specialized objects associated with each edge name representing the same corresponding resource, wherein the resource comprises a database, wherein a first specialized object together with a corresponding first edge name models the resource as a generic database and a second specialized object together with a corresponding second edge name models the resource as a relational database;
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• computer usable code for counting the plurality of specialized objects as representing a single instance of the same corresponding resource during the license management of the application.

A data processing system for managing resources, comprising:

• a storage device including a storage medium, wherein the storage device stores computer usable program code;
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• a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code, and wherein the computer usable program code comprises:
• computer usable code for providing a plurality of specialized classes modeling a resource, the resource participating in management of a license for an application;
• computer usable code for representing the resource by a plurality of specialized objects wherein each specialized object in the plurality of specialized objects represents the resource, each specialized object instantiating a corresponding specialized class from the plurality of specialized classes, each specialized object being identified by a corresponding specialized name, each specialized class being distinct from another specialized class modeling the resource such that specialized objects corresponding to the distinct specialized classes represent different aspects of the resource;
• computer usable code for associating an edge class with the specialized classes;
• computer usable code for associating the resource with a corresponding edge object instantiating the edge class, each edge object being identified by a corresponding edge name;
• computer usable code for associating each specialized object with the edge name of the corresponding edge object, the specialized objects associated with each edge name representing the same corresponding resource, wherein the resource comprises a database, wherein a first specialized object together with a corresponding first edge name models the resource as a generic database and a second specialized object together with a corresponding second edge name models the resource as a relational database;
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• computer usable code for counting the plurality of specialized objects as representing a single instance of the same corresponding resource during the license management of the application.