System and method for functionally enhancing procedural software using objects
US5956506A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 22, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4488
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and process for enhancing procedural software using object oriented classes. Implementation classes are constructed that provide a defined object oriented interface to applications and are able to invoke the procedural software using defined procedural application program interfaces (APIs). New function is added to the software by adding classes that interface to the implementation classes or directly to the procedural API. The new function builds upon the procedural software without accessing the procedural software source code or modifying that source code.
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