Method for sending a message to a group and the group broadcasts the message to its members or references within an object-oriented system

摘要

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture which provides for sending a message to a group and the group then broadcasting the message to the members of the group within an object-oriented system. The method comprises the steps of creating a first sending object and a group in a memory of a computer, the group being comprised of one or more receiving objects, sending a first message to the first sending object, sending a second message from the first sending object to the group based on the receipt of the first message, and broadcasting the second message to every object in the group.