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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen A. Brodsky, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Gary Charles Doney, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Morris Golding, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy James Grose, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ; G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ; G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for sending messages between objects in an object-oriented system. A reference attribute for a first object is defined, wherein the reference attribute refers to a second object. A message then may be sent from the first object to the second object using the reference attribute to route the message from the first object to the second object.