Methods, apparatus, and program products for configuring components in networked computing environments

1. A computer controlled method comprising:

receiving, by a first component having a first contextual history, a contextual history from a requestor component comprising contextual changes made by one or more other components, wherein the contextual changes comprise component-level context selected from the group comprising operations performed and parameters exchanged;

authenticating the requestor component based on a credibility criteria comprising a value applied to the other components;

applying an operation on the first component based on said contextual changes, comprising:

selecting the requestor component for the other components that satisfy the credibility criteria; and

rolling the first contextual history of the first component back to a state existing prior to application of the operation for the other components that fail to satisfy the credibility criteria; and

storing the received contextual history and a status of the operation with the first contextual history.

2. The computer controlled method of claim 1 , said operation is a filter operation to remove components that cannot be used.

3. The computer controlled method of claim 2 , said operation is a prioritization operation that prioritizes options.

4. The computer controlled method of claim 1 , said operation is a prioritization operation that prioritizes options.

5. The computer controlled method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting at least one identifier of said other components.

6. An apparatus comprising:

a receiver mechanism of a first component having a first contextual history in receipt of a contextual history from a requestor component comprising contextual changes made by one or more other components, wherein the contextual changes comprise component-level context selected from the group comprising operations performed and parameters exchanged;

an authentication mechanism that authenticates the requestor component based on a credibility criteria comprising a value applied to the other components;

an operation mechanism that applies an operation on the first component based on said contextual changes, comprising:

a selection mechanism that selects the requestor component for the other components that satisfy the credibility criteria; and

a rollback mechanism that rolls the first contextual history of the first component back to a state existing prior to application of the operation for the other components that fail to satisfy the credibility criteria; and

a storage mechanism that stores the received contextual history and a status of the operation with the first contextual history.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , said operation is a filter operation to remove components that cannot be used.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , said operation is a prioritization operation that prioritizes options.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , said operation is a prioritization operation that prioritizes options.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising a presentation mechanism configured to present at least one identifier of said other components.

11. A computer-readable storage medium holding code for performing a method, comprising:

code for receiving, by a first component having a first contextual history, a contextual history from a requestor component comprising contextual changes made by one or more other components, wherein the contextual changes comprise component-level context selected from the group comprising operations performed and parameters exchanged;

code for authenticating the requestor component based on a credibility criteria comprising a value applied to the other components;

code for applying an operation on the first component based on said contextual changes, comprising:

code for selecting the requestor component for the other components that satisfy the credibility criteria; and

code for rolling the first contextual history of the first component back to a state existing prior to application of the operation for the other components that fail to satisfy the credibility criteria; and

code for storing the received contextual history and a status of the operation with the first contextual history.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein said operation is a filter operation to remove components that cannot be used.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein said operation is a prioritization operation that prioritizes options.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , said operation is a prioritization operation that prioritizes options.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , further comprising:

code for presenting at least one identifier of said other components.

16. The computer controlled method of claim 1 , wherein the contextual history of the requestor component and the first contextual history of the first component each comprise a record of operations performed by and for that component.

17. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the contextual history of the requestor component and the first contextual history of the first component each comprise a record of operations performed by and for that component.