Class initialization method semantics

US7941793B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya · Sammamish, US
• Christopher W. Brumme · Mercer Island, US
• James S. Miller · Bellevue, US
• Vance Morrison · Kirkland, US
• David S. Mortenson · Redmond, US
• Sean E. Trowbridge · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 16, 2006
• Grant date: May 10, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/524
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for mitigating problems associated with automatic execution of initialization code is provided. The system includes an initialization method activator that can call a class initialization method at a pre-determined execution point. The system also includes a deadlock analyzer that can determine whether calling the initialization method will create a deadlock, and, if a deadlock is detected that can resolve such a deadlock. The system also includes a semantic analyzing component that can analyze a semantic type associated with the initialization method and a domain uniqueness analyzer that can analyze the uniqueness of the domain with which the class will interact, to facilitate determining where to place code that will check whether a class is initialized, and if the class is not initialized that will invoke the class initializing method.