Method of creating and using a sub-classed object that spans multiple computers in a networked computing system
AssigneeE-Volve Incorporated
InventorBrian A. Westcott
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Abstract
A method of deriving a sub-class from a remote objects contained on a remote computer and from local objects contained on a local computer to produce a hierarchy of objects distributed across the local and remote computers. Further disclosed is a method of processing a request message from a calling computer program in a distributed object computing system containing a hierarchy of objects distributed across computers.
Claims4
A method of creating a derived sub-class from remote sub-classes contained on a remote computer and from local sub-classes contained on a local computer to produce a hierarchy of sub-classes distributed across the local and remote computers, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a local pointer table with a data structure for holding a plurality of records that point to target member functions;
- providing a remote pointer table with a data structure for holding a plurality of records that point to target member functions;
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- interconnecting a highest-most sub-class in the local pointer table with a lowest-most sub-class in the remote pointer table wherein the interconnecting step is accomplished by passing a request message from sub-class to sub-class according to the pointer tables, starting with a lowest-most sub-class in the local pointer table and progressing toward a highest-most sub-class in the remote pointer table until a sub-class responds to the request message.
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