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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karalee Brown LeBlanc, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for creating objects in an object-oriented environment, such as Java. An interface is selected for and along with an implementation object. The interface and the implementation object are morphed to create a dippable object in a new class that includes the selected interface. The dippable object is able to accept new behaviors though dips. The dippable object calls an instance of the implementation object in response to calls made to the interface.