SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING CONTENT BASED DESIGNATIONS FOR PROGRAMMING OBJECTS

A way to define an access control that scales to component architectures. Specifically, the present invention allows annotations to be added to objects, for example in the javadoc section of a Java object, to restrict access to that object. Each annotation comprises a tag that specifies a designated...

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Main Authors PLANTE FREDERIC, LEROUX DANIEL D. J, RICH LAWRENCE S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.02.2008
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A way to define an access control that scales to component architectures. Specifically, the present invention allows annotations to be added to objects, for example in the javadoc section of a Java object, to restrict access to that object. Each annotation comprises a tag that specifies a designated privilege and one or more designees to which the privilege applies. The annotations may designate access options such as which packages, classes, interfaces, fields and/or operations may be visible to another package, class, interface, field and/or operation; which classes are allowed to implement a particular interface; which classes are allowed to instantiate a particular class; and/or which classes/interfaces are allowed to extend a particular class/interface. The annotation may refer to allowed objects directly, may refer to a group of classes having similar names, and/or may use an alias, which refers to an external object designation.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20060462249