Method and apparatus for distinguishing reachable objects and non-reachable objects in an object-based application
US6889303B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 9, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99957
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method for distinguishing reachable objects and non-reachable objects in an object-based application in a system with a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory. The object-based application operates in the non-volatile memory on the objects, whereof at least one is a root object. Each root object is processed by writing for each object that is reachable from the root object, a positive reachability information into the volatile memory and marking those objects in the non-volatile memory as reusable memory, for which no positive reachability information is present in the volatile memory.
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