Data processing with policed object union
US6760913B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4492
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer implemented method of defining an object union in an object oriented programming environment, comprising the steps of: selecting a first class from which a first object to be contained in the object union will be instantiated at runtime; selecting a second class from which a second object to be contained in the object union will be instantiated at runtime; selecting a policy function for operating on the first and second classes, at runtime, in order to define which methods supported by the first and second classes will be accessible via the object union at runtime.
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