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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
May. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Geoffrey Owen Blandy, Austin, TX (US);
Bentley John Hargrave, 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
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for executing a Java method from native code. A method is examined prior to first execution of the method to identify a presence of selected parameters from a set of parameters for the method. A bitmask is created to describe the selected parameters. The set of parameters is copied to a frame using the mask. Further, a new return bytecode is used to handle a return to a native calling method. Method block location is handled using identifying information about the method.