Mechanism for dynamic selection of an object's method
US6487714B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 24, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/449
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data structure and associated mechanism for implementing object oriented programming language, comprising at least two code blocks for at least one method of an object of a specified class, each of the code blocks containing a different implementation of the at least one method. An access mechanism is provided for accessing a desired code block at run-time on a per object instance basis so as to allow selection of a desired implementation of the at least one method without requiring instantiation of an object of a different class. The selection of which implementation to invoke is integrated into an existing invocation method of the language and is thus transparent to a calling application invoking the method.
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