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AssigneeNeXT Computer, Inc.
InventorsBertrand Serlet, Lee Boynton, Avadis Tevanian
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The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the distribution of objects and the sending of messages between objects that are located in different processes. Initially, a "proxy" object is created in the same process as a sender object. This proxy acts as a local receiver for all objects in the local program. When the proxy receives a message, the message is encoded and transmitted between programs as a stream of bytes. In the remote process, the message is decoded and executed as if the sender was remote. The result follows the same path, encoded, transmitted, and then decoded back in the local process. The result is then provided to the sending object.
A method for sending an object oriented programming language based message having dynamic binding from a first object in a first process to a second object in a second process, said method comprising the steps of:
A method for sending an object oriented programming language based message having dynamic binding from a first object in a first process to a second object in a second process, said method comprising the steps of:
A method for sending, in a C environment with minimal run time support, an object oriented programming language based message having dynamic binding from a first object in a first process to a second object in a second process, said method comprising the steps of:
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