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US Patent 6704927 - Static binding of dynamically-dispatched calls in the presence of dynamic linking and loading
US Patent Issued on March 9, 2004
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March 10, 2019Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
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March 10, 2019Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractTechniques for performing static binding of dispatched-calls in the presence of dynamic linking and loading are provided. A method for increasing the execution performance of a function at run-time includes compiling the function, which may either be interpreted or previously compiled, and identifying a call within the function to a process. The method also includes adding dependency information to the function. The dependency information is arranged to indicate a status of the function, and contains information pertaining to the class, the name, and the signature associated with the process. In one embodiment, the process is a virtual process, and the method includes analyzing a class structure associated with the function in order to determine when the virtual process is a substantially unique target of the call. In such an embodiment, the virtual process may be inlined into the function when it is determined that the virtual process is the substantially unique target of the call.Other References
| InventorsApplicationNo. 09/265770 filed on 03/10/1999US Classes:717/151, Optimization717/139, Interpreter717/140, Compiling code717/148, Just-in-time compiling or dynamic compiling (e.g., compiling Java bytecode on a virtual machine)717/152, Static (source or intermediate level)717/153, Dynamic (i.e., machine or object level)717/165Object orientedField of Search717/136, Translation of code717/151, Optimization717/162, Linking717/138, Emulation717/139, Interpreter717/140, Compiling code717/141, Analysis of code form717/145, Including recompilation717/146, Including intermediate code717/147, Platform-independent form (e.g., abstract code)717/148Just-in-time compiling or dynamic compiling (e.g., compiling Java bytecode on a virtual machine)ExaminersPrimary: Nguyen-Ba, AntonyAttorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References5579518, Message compiler for object-oriented language that statically produces object code by provisionally identifying a set of candidate typesIssued on: 11/26/1996 Inventor: Yasumatsu5606699, Storing and querying execution information for object-oriented programs Issued on: 02/25/1997 Inventor: De Pauw, et al.5613120, System and method for enabling, without recompilation, modification of class definitions and implementations in an object-oriented computer program Issued on: 03/18/1997 Inventor: Palay, et al.5748961, Efficient method and apparatus for compiling and linking modules of computer code in a large software system Issued on: 05/05/1998 Inventor: Hanna, et al.5764989, Interactive software development system Issued on: 06/09/1998 Inventor: Gustafsson, et al.5966537, Method and apparatus for dynamically optimizing an executable computer program using input data Issued on: 10/12/1999 Inventor: Ravichandran5983020, Rule-based engine for transformation of class hierarchy of an object-oriented program Issued on: 11/09/1999 Inventor: Sweeney, et al.5983021, Dynamically switching statically bound function calls to dynamically bound function calls without recompilation Issued on: 11/09/1999 Inventor: Mitrovic6063128, Object-oriented computerized modeling system Issued on: 05/16/2000 Inventor: Bentley, et al.6085035, Method and apparatus for efficient operations on primary type values without static overloading Issued on: 07/04/2000 Inventor: Ungar6230314, Method and device for program transformation using class hierarchy transformation based upon type constraint analysis Issued on: 05/08/2001 Inventor: Sweeney, et al.6240547, Method and apparatus for dynamically deoptimizing compiled activations Issued on: 05/29/2001 Inventor: Holzle, et al.6260075, System and method for providing shared global offset table for common shared library in a computer system Issued on: 07/10/2001 Inventor: Cabrero, et al.6282581Mechanism for resource allocation and for dispatching incoming calls in a distributed object environment Issued on: 08/28/2001 Inventor: Moore, et al. International ClassesG06F 9/42 (20060101)G06F 9/445 (20060101) G06F 9/40 (20060101) |
