International Business Machines Corporation

Tom C Chen

Trong Truong

Steven Cooper

Roger Harry Pett

A method and system for synchronizing components of heterogeneous systems. A request is made to a host computer for a latest version of a client component pertaining to client code identified in a previously received communication. An object representing a latest version of a client component pertaining to client code is retrieved from one or more loadable modules at a host computer. The host computer includes a host component. The host component is host software configured to be executed in the host computer. A host component binary is built with a set of additional components bound to the host component binary. An encoding generated during compilation of the additional components transforms the client component into the object with an array populated with data of the client component. The object is built during link time into the one or loadable modules tightly bound with the host component binary.

Synchronization of components in heterogeneous systems

A method and system for synchronizing components of heterogeneous systems. A request is made to a host computer for a latest version of a client component pertaining to client code identified in a previously received communication. One or more loadable modules, which include an object representing the client component and are bound with a host component, are located at the host computer. The object is retrieved from the one or more loadable modules and sent to the client computer. A host component binary is built with a set of additional components bound to the host component binary. An encoding generated during compilation of the additional components transforms the client component into the object with an array populated with data of the client component. The object is built during link time into the one or loadable modules tightly bound with the host component binary.

A process for automatic version synchronization of dependent components running on heterogeneous systems. In response to receiving a communication using a predetermined protocol through a network at a host, it is determined whether required client code is not present on the client. In response to a determination required client code is not present on the client, a required version of the client component is requested at the host. One or more loadable modules are located at the host bound with a host component that represents the client component. An object comprising the one or more loadable modules is sent to the client, wherein the client receives, loads and runs the object as a new component to communicate with the host component at a latest level.

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