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Flexible base class library

US8271938B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Patrick H. Dussud · Bellevue, US
Scott D. Mosier · Bellevue, US
Peter F. Sollich · Bad Abbach, DE
Frank V. Peschel-Gallee · Redmond, US
Raja Krishnaswamy · Redmond, US
Simon J. Hall · Seattle, US
Madhusudhan Talluri · Madison, US
Rudi Martin · Snohomish, US
Michael M. Magruder · Issaquah, US
Andrew J. Pardoe · Bellevue, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 3, 2008
Grant date	Sep 18, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/4552
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Mechanisms that allow frameworks significant flexibility in varying the library of common base classes in a manner that better suits the domain of applications served by the framework. Instead of providing the base class library, the runtime provides a data contract for the data structure of each base class. The frameworks can then define each base class in a custom way so long as the data contract is honored. Thus, for example, the framework may provide custom framework-specific methods and/or properties as is appropriate for the framework. Another framework might define the base classes in a different way.

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