objtego

Objtego is a fictional software framework described as a language-agnostic platform for modeling, persisting, and executing operations on object graphs. It is presented as a thought experiment used in educational and theoretical contexts to illustrate how cross-language interoperability and schema-driven development might be organized in a single runtime.

Conceptual architecture is central to the objtego idea. The design centers on a neutral object model, a schema language to describe object types, and a runtime that can load, validate, and manipulate objects across language boundaries. Communication between components is imagined to rely on a pluggable repository of back ends and a portable serialization format, enabling object graphs to be shared between languages such as Python, Go, and Java. The framework emphasizes identity preservation, reference graphs, and versioning of types and instances. Code generation and reflection tools are described to map schemas to language-specific APIs.

Usage and evaluation within the fictional context consider how objtego might support data integration, model-driven development, and simulation pipelines, where consistent object models are required across tools. It is not an implemented project in standard repositories and should be regarded as a conceptual model rather than a deployed technology. Discussions around objtego are sometimes used to compare approaches to interoperability, schema evolution, and runtime extensibility.

See also: cross-language interoperability, model-driven engineering, object graphs, serialization.