System and method for resolving symbolic references to externally located program files
US5950008A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/45508
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When an interpreter on a client computer encounters a symbolic reference to a remotely stored method while interpreting a locally stored method, and the object class for the remotely stored method has not previously been loaded, the client computer, the client computer creates an application specific loader that is then used to load the remotely stored method into the client computer. The application specific class loader contains location information associated with the server computer on which the remotely stored method is stored, and also contains methods for loading onto the client computer the object class for the remotely stored method as well as the object classes for any additional methods referenced by that method. The application specific class loader preferably also includes symbol table for storing information about method references that have been resolved by the application specific class loader. Each method in the object classes loaded by the application specific class loader is modified when it is loaded to reference the application specific class loader, thereby linking the loaded method to the application specific class loader. The reference to the application spe…
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