62. The method of claim 46 , further comprising characterizing said one or more declarative rules by a dependency network, where the variables in the network are properties of objects.
62. The method of claim 46 , further comprising characterizing said one or more declarative rules by a dependency network, where the variables in the network are properties of objects. 63. The method of claim 62 , further comprising utilizing a hash table to determine a location in said dependency network based on property designation at which a particular property of a specified object participates in a said declarative rule.