Freescale Semiconductor,inc.

Samuel J Rauch

Andrew Augustus Bjorksten

Iris M Plaxton

John H Osman

Jason M Bennett

James C Lynch

Paul Sheng-Chi Su

A device () receives new program files () and uses pre-internalized images to avoid having to internalize a program file every time that program execution occurs. In one embodiment, a software Virtual Machine () in the device functions to implement the pre-internalization. Once the program files are pre-internalized to create images that are stored in a permanent memory () of the device, the images may subsequently be executed without having to perform a pre-internalization operation. Additionally, use of dynamic memory () is reduced in connection with subsequent program execution and execution time of new program files is reduced.

Method and device for creating and using pre-internalized program files

An interface implements a file system for supporting Java record and resource management between an operating system using a first programming language other than Java and a suite of Java applications. The interface provides a method for maintaining any number of files to be open in a manner transparent to the Java applications. Location information of a file is put in storage allocated for usage by Java code when a maximum number of open files is exceeded. A table is used to translate between file names of differing length and to identify directories in a manner to provide a hierarchical file system. An identifier is associated with a shortened Java file name in the table to quickly identify an operating system file with a shortened file name.

Interface between programming languages and method therefor

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Samuel J Rauch