System and method for automatically interfacing call conventions between two dissimilar program units
US5764947A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 2, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4484
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A jacketing system automatically interfaces dissimilar program units during program execution on a computer system. Means are provided for detecting a call for execution of a second program unit having a second call standard form a first program unit having a first call standard during execution of the first program unit on the computer system. A procedure descriptor is used in the code for the first program unit and it includes a signature that defines the call standard for each incoming call to the first program unit. A bound procedure descriptor is also used in the code for each outgoing call from the first program unit and it includes a signature that defines the call standard for the target program unit. Jacketing routines are driven by the descriptors in jacketing calls between the two program units.
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