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Providing binding options for component interfaces

US6799320B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 1998
Grant dateSep 28, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/449
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A proxy component system having dispatch proxies and object proxies is disclosed. The computerized system includes an operating system supporting component interfaces. In addition, the system includes a first interface to a target component, with the first interface having an early bound method. The system further includes a second interface to a proxy component, with the second interface having a late bound method. Also included in the system is a dispatch proxy operative to invoke the early bound method of the first interface from an invocation of the late bound method of the second interface.

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