| | Claims I claim: 1. A system that comprises a processor, a process database for storing data, said database including a plurality of types of data blocks, said types of blocks being organized so that each said type includes blocks of data on which said processor performs a common type of processing that is different from the processing performed by said processor on other types of data blocks, each one of said data blocks of each said type storing data that is specific to said block type and data that is generic to said block type and at least one other block types, means for maintaining a table that contains a record of information identifying a category of specific routines for processing data that is specific to one of said block types, said processor using said specific routines to perform said common type of processing for said block type, and means for maintaining a separate table that contains a record of information identifying a category of generic routines for processing data that is generic to said one block type and at least one other block type, said processor processing data in each block of said one type by: (1) accessing said table and said separate table to obtain said specific routines and said generic routines, and (2) executing said specific routines and said generic routines on said specific data and said generic data, respectively, of said block. 2 |
