METHOD FOR GENERICALLY MANIPULATING PROPERTIES OF OBJECTS IN AN OBJECT ORIENTED REPOSITORY

The method of the present invention defines a method in a computer system having a user interface, a memory, a repository and a database, and a repository program operating in the computer system for generically manipulating properties of objects stored in the repository. The program executes a method comprising the steps of determining if the current value of the property is known, and if not; determining if the current value of the property is needed, and if so; calling getProperty to retrieve the current value of the property; determining if the value of the property is to be changed, and if so; calling setProperty to alter the value of the property.