Clean-up of orphaned server contexts

A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for detecting an orphaned server context, comprising:

• (a) a code segment that maintains a collection of outstanding server objects;
• (b) a code segment that creates a list of contexts for each of the outstanding server objects;
• (c) a code segment that adds to the list a compilation of clients who are interested in each of the outstanding server objects;
• (d) a code segment that records on the list a duration of time since the clients invoked a computer program accessing each of the contexts of the outstanding server objects;
• (e) a code segment that examines the list at predetermined intervals for determining whether a predetermined amount of time has passed since each of the objects has been accessed;
• (f) a code segment that selects contexts that have not been accessed in the predetermined amount of time;
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• (g) a code segment that sends information to the clients identifying the contexts that have not been accessed in the predetermined amount of time.

A system for detecting an orphaned server context, comprising:

• (a) software that maintains a collection of outstanding server objects;
• (b) software that creates a list of contexts for each of the outstanding server objects;
• (c) software that adds to the list a compilation of clients who are interested in each of the outstanding server objects;
• (d) software that records on the list a duration of time since the clients invoked a system accessing each of the contexts of the outstanding server objects;
• (e) software that examines the list at predetermined intervals for determining whether a predetermined amount of time has passed since each of the objects has been accessed;
• (f) software that selects contexts that have not been accessed in the predetermined amount of time;
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• (g) software that sends information to the clients identifying the contexts that have not been accessed in the predetermined amount of time.

A method for cleaning-up orphaned server contexts, comprising:

• (a) providing a plurality of objects in an object-oriented computer system;
• (b) providing a plurality of server contexts for use by a plurality of processes;
• (c) creating a server object context for each of the plurality of objects as each object comes into use in one of the plurality of server contexts;
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• (d) identifying for clean-up one of the plurality of server object contexts in one of the server contexts after said server object context is not accessed for a predetermined period of time.