Method and system for interfacing to a type library
US6209040A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 9, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/449
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for interfacing to type libraries are provided. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention defines an interface to a type library. The interface has a plurality of interface methods through which type information can be stored in and retrieved from the type library. A plurality of implementations of the defined interface are provided. A computer program is compiled using the defined interfaces to access the type information. When the compiled computer program is executed, it accesses the type information using one of the plurality of implementations. In a preferred embodiment, a type library contains type information to allow a compiler to bind to an instance of type at compile type (early binding).
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