Using Class Loader Patents (Class 717/166)
  • Method and apparatus of transforming a class
    Publication number: 20020087958
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of transforming a class is disclosed. The class is split and converted into a modified class and/or a helper class. After the transformation, a safe class sharing among several processes is achieved whereby the startup times and the memory usage for the processes are reduced. The inter-process communication (IPC) becomes faster. The proposed mechanism is particularly suited and efficient in an object-oriented environment, such as Java.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Jens Krause
  • Apparatus and method for a runtime method overloading resolver
    Patent number: 6415434
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for resolving method overloading at runtime that includes accessing an application programming interface file to retrieve methods that belong to the same class as a target method to select an exact method, which is a method where a data type of each of the parameters of the exact method is the same data type of a corresponding parameter of the target method, and if there is no exact method, to find a best method, which is a best method that most closely matches the target method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Lance Kind