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Method and apparatus for performing native binding

US8108842B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Alexander B. Brown · West Kirby, GB
Geraint North · Manchester, GB
Frank Weigel · Riegelsberg, DE
Gareth Anthony Knight · Grafton, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2008
Grant date	Jan 31, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/4486
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A native binding technique is provided for inserting calls to native functions during translation of subject code to target code, such that function calls in the subject program to subject code functions are replaced in target code with calls to native equivalents of the same functions. Parameters of native function calls are transformed from target code representations to be consistent with native code representations, native code calling conventions, and native function prototypes.

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