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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2020
Applicant:

Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventors:

Stuart Douglas, Orange, AU;

Stephane Epardaud, Paris, FR;

Assignee:

Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 8/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/20 (2013.01); G06F 8/63 (2013.01); G06F 9/44521 (2013.01); G06F 9/54 (2013.01);
Abstract

Improved systems and methods for hot reloading software applications are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provide that includes detecting an update for a software application. It may be determined whether the update represents a change to a class structure of the software application. If the update does not represent a class change, framework metadata for a class corresponding to the update may be replaced. If the update represents a class change, a runtime executable unit of the software application may be removed and replaced. After replacing the framework metadata and/or the runtime executable unit, the software application may be executed according to the update.


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