Method and system for the automatic performance of a task within an object-oriented software system

摘要

A method and system within an object oriented software system are disclosed for the automatic performance of a task in response to a specified event. A dormant first object observes events occurring at a second object. In response to an occurrence at the second object of a preselected event, the first object automatically initiates a selected action wherein the selected action may be a set of actions predefined by a user or a procedure.