Extensible object model
US8032861B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An extensible object model enables extending the standard methods and/or properties of an extensible object for an application through an extension object proffered at run time by an extension package Information about the extension package is registered in a database when the package is installed, and the database is used to resolve references to the extended methods and/or properties upon execution of the application. In one aspect of the invention, the extension object is cached when first referenced and subsequent references to the extension while the application is executing are resolved to the cache.
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