Universal pointer object

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1996-05-31

1998-09-08

Voeltz, Emanuel Todd

G06F 944

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058058877

ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for creating a universal pointer object capable of pointing to member functions having any type and belonging to any class creating. More specifically, the present invention provides a computer-implemented method for creating a universal pointer object having a first data member holding a pointer to a member function. To create and initialize the universal pointer object, a universal pointer object is first created in a memory of a computer. The member function is then stored in the first data member of the universal pointer object using the constructor function of the universal pointer class, wherein the member function pointer is stored in the first data member according to the type of the member function. To invoke the member function, the first data member is referenced through a member function of the universal pointer object.

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