Patent · US Expired

System and method for defining, configuring and using dynamic, persistent Java classes

US6766324B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Brent Carlson · Sollentuna, SE
Valquiria Cristina da Cruz · Arlington Heights, US
Tim Graser · Rochester, US
Mircea P. Marandici · Boca Raton, US
Gary Pietrocarlo · Deerfield Beach, US
Andre Tost · Rochester, US
Craig Dean Woods · Hopewell Junction, US
Ravindran Yelchur · Delray Beach, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 2001
Grant date	Jul 20, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99944
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program for the creation and implementation of configurable Java classes on a computer platform executing instructions based upon at least a set of Java language instructions. The configurable Java class is created as an instance of a metaclass object included within the set of Java language instructions, and the configurable metaclass object includes a plurality of subclasses and interfaces wherein each interface includes one or more methods to alter the attributes and methods of the Java class instance of the metaclass object. The metaclass object is preferably implemented as an Enterprise JavaBean.

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