System and method supporting property values as options

Details System and method supporting property values as options System and method supporting property values as options

2008-07-15

2008-07-15

Bullock, Jr., Lewis A. (Department: 2193)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

Translation of code

C717S141000, C717S106000, C717S108000, C717S114000, C717S116000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07401327

ABSTRACT:
A class includes fields to support values of properties in preallocated memory space and an option data structure which supports, in instances of the class, references to option values without preallocation of memory space. The field and option values are accessed in an instance object of the class using expressions of the same syntactic form. During compilation, the compiler checks the type of an option value against a type description within the option data structure. During compilation, a method call to an object is encoded without regard to the form of the option data structure. When an option value is changed, a change handler identified by an option binding of the data structure is processed. That option binding may be located by first searching a mapping data structure for a previously computed mapping to the option binding or by computing the mapping to the option binding.

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