SERIALIZABLE OBJECTS AND A DATABASE THEREOF

1 . A network device, comprising:

a chassis including an interconnect;

a plurality of traffic modules installed in the chassis and coupled to the interconnect;

a plurality of compute modules installed in the chassis and coupled to the interconnect; and

software components distributed across the traffic and compute modules, the software components to execute on processing elements of the traffic and compute modules to perform operations including:

execute a management layer on at least one of the compute modules;

execute an interface layer on the one of the compute modules; and

communicate data between the interface layer and the management layer via invoking a converter to convert the data from a first format used in the interface layer to a serializable object in the management layer.

2 . The network device of claim 1 , further comprising a provisioning database communicatively linked to the management layer, wherein the software components include further components to perform operations including:

invoking a write method of the serializable object;

converting field values of the serializable object into a flat contiguous memory structure with a database converter; and

storing the flat contiguous memory structures as a record in the provisioning database.

3 . The network device of claim 2 , wherein the software components include further components to perform operations including:

publishing a management layer application programming interface (“MLAPI”) into the interface layer;

invoking a get command published into the interface layer by the MLAPI; and

retrieving the data from the provisioning database.

4 . The network device of claim 1 , wherein the software components include further components to perform operations including:

executing a runtime layer across the traffic and compute modules; and

communicating the data in the serializable object in the management layer to a fixed length memory structure in the runtime layer by invoking a method of the serializable object.

5 . The network device of claim 4 , further comprising a runtime database communicatively linked to the runtime layer, wherein the software components include further components to perform operations including:

storing the fixed length memory structure into the runtime database.

6 . A method executed on a network device having a plurality of traffic modules interconnected with a plurality of compute modules, the method comprising:

executing a management layer on at least one of the compute modules;

executing an interface layer on the one of the compute modules; and

communicating data between the interface layer and the management layer via invoking a converter to convert the data from a first format used in the interface layer to a serializable object in the management layer.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

executing a provisioning database communicatively linked to the management layer;

invoking a write method of the serializable object;

converting field values of the serializable object into a flat contiguous memory structure with a database converter; and

storing the flat contiguous memory structures as a record in the provisioning database.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

publishing a management layer application programming interface (“MLAPI”) into the interface layer;

invoking a get command published into the interface layer by the MLAPI; and

retrieving the data from the provisioning database.

9 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

executing a runtime layer across the traffic and compute modules; and

communicating the data in the serializable object in the management layer to a fixed length memory structure in the runtime layer by invoking a method of the serializable object.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

executing a runtime database communicatively linked to the runtime layer; and

storing the fixed length memory structure into the runtime database.

11 . A computer-readable storage media that provide instructions that, if executed by a network device having a plurality of traffic modules interconnected with a plurality of compute modules, will cause the network node to perform operations comprising:

executing a management layer on at least one of the compute modules;

executing an interface layer on the one of the compute modules; and

communicating data between the interface layer and the management layer via invoking a converter to convert the data from a first format used in the interface layer to a serializable object in the management layer.

12 . The computer-readable storage media of claim 11 , further providing instructions that, if executed by the network node, will cause the network node to perform further operations, comprising:

executing a provisioning database communicatively linked to the management layer;

invoking a write method of the serializable object;

converting field values of the serializable object into a flat contiguous memory structure with a database converter; and

storing the flat contiguous memory structures as a record in the provisioning database.

13 . The computer-readable storage media of claim 12 , further providing instructions that, if executed by the network node, will cause the network node to perform further operations, comprising:

publishing a management layer application programming interface (“MLAPI”) into the interface layer;

invoking a get command published into the interface layer by the MLAPI; and

retrieving the data from the provisioning database.

14 . The computer-readable storage media of claim 11 , further providing instructions that, if executed by the network node, will cause the network node to perform further operations, comprising, further comprising:

executing a runtime layer across the traffic and compute modules; and

communicating the data in the serializable object in the management layer to a fixed length memory structure in the runtime layer by invoking a method of the serializable object.

15 . The computer-readable storage media of claim 14 , further providing instructions that, if executed by the network node, will cause the network node to perform further operations, comprising:

executing a runtime database communicatively linked to the runtime layer; and

storing the fixed length memory structure into the runtime database.