Method of and device for and computer program for accessing data

A method of accessing resources, comprising the steps of:

• storing data of resources sequentially as data objects in a memory, the data objects being identified by a control variable having consecutive integer values,
• determining first the control variable and a memory address in the memory of an appertaining data object of a first known resource and determining an estimate for a size of the data object of a resource therefrom;
• forming an initial value for a memory address for a requested resource by multiplying the control variable of a requested resource by the estimate;
• determining an actual control variable of a data object stored in the memory under the initial value in a search;
• terminating the search in case of correspondence between the actual control variable and the control variable for the requested resource;
• and
• otherwise continuing the search.

A method of accessing data, comprising the steps of:

• storing data of data objects sequentially in a memory;
• identifying the data objects by a control variable having consecutive integer values;
• first determining the control variable and a memory address in the memory of the data object of a first known print page and an estimate for an average size of a data object;
• in a search, forming an initial value for the memory address for a requested data object by multiplying the control variable of the requested data object by the estimate;
• determining an actual control variable of the data object stored in the memory under the initial value;
• terminating the search for the requested data object in case of correspondence between the actual control variable and the requested control variable;
• and
• otherwise continuing the search.

A computer readable medium on which is stored in computer readable form a computer program for accessing data objects in a memory, comprising:

• a data access controller for controlling access to the memory;
• an input for accepting a request for a data object as a requested data object;
• and
• program modules which are operable when executed on a computer to perform the steps of:
• storing data of the data objects sequentially in the memory;
• identifying the data objects by a control variable having consecutive integer values;
• initiating a search for the requested data object by first determining the control variable and a memory address in the memory of the data object of a first known print page and an estimate for an average size of a data object;
• in the search, forming an initial value for the memory address for a requested data object by multiplying the control variable of the requested data object by the estimate;
• determining an actual control variable of the data object stored in the memory under the initial value;
• terminating the search for the requested data object in case of correspondence between the actual control variable and the requested control variable;
• and
• otherwise continuing the search.

A data storage media having stored thereon a computer program, comprising:

• program modules which are operable when executed on a computer to perform the steps of:
• storing data of the data objects sequentially in a memory;
• identifying the data objects by a control variable having consecutive integer values;
• initiating a search for a requested data object by first determining the control variable and a memory address in the memory of the data object of a first known print page and an estimate for an average size of a data object;
• in the search, forming an initial value for the memory address for a requested data object by multiplying the control variable of the requested data object by the estimate;
• determining an actual control variable of the data object stored in the memory under the initial value;
• terminating the search for the requested data object in case of correspondence between the actual control variable and the requested control variable;
• and
• otherwise continuing the search.