PERSISTENT STORAGE INTERFACE FOR A CONFIGURATION OBJECT-BASED SYSTEM

Methods and apparatus for implementing a persistent storage interface that may be used to store entries into a variety of different storage subsystems are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an object-based system which is arranged to store and to retrieve configuration information includes a server and a client that is in communication with the server. The client communicates with the server using a client/server protocol. The system also includes at least one persistent agent that is arranged to store persistent entries, as well as a persistent storage application programming interface that allows the server to communicate with the at least one persistent agent. The persistent storage application programming interface is arranged to support multiple persistent agents such that different persistent agents may be used with respect to the system. In one embodiment, the object-based system is a Java System Database.