Method and apparatus for managing shared memory in a run-time environment

US6829761B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Oracle International Corporation · US

Inventors

• Harlan Sexton · Palo Alto, US
• David Unietis · Menlo Park, US
• Peter Benson · Boise, US
• Mark Jungerman · San Francisco, US
• Scott Meyer · Woodbury, US
• David Rosenberg · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2004
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/445
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing a run-time environment is provided for improving performance and scalability of networked computer systems. In one example of the invention, a method starts by loading a class file, the class file specifying a class that includes a static class variable and a static initializer to initialize the static class variable. The static initializer is then invoked to initialize the static class variable. The class and the initialized static class variable are then saved in a second class file. The second class file is then loaded into a shared memory, the second class file including the class and the initialized static class variable.