Abstract: A method and system for reducing the amount of information sent across a socket when invoking an application using a remote method invocation. The present invention involves creating a list of the classes and fields contained within the application that is to be distributed and determining which of the fields are actually required for the remote method invocation under analysis. Any fields that are in the method but are not necessary for the invocation are marked with place holders.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 10, 1997
Date of Patent:
September 26, 2000
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Geoffrey Alexander Cohen, David Louis Kaminsky, Jonathan Michael Seeber