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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1999
Guy Martin, San Jose, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system is provided for delaying the loading of classes that are unnecessary the start-up of an applet when a server sends an applet to a client. Methods and systems consistent with the present invention package the class files necessary for start-up of the applet on the client in a single archive file along with relatively small interface classes that reference the delayed classes This archive file, being smaller, saves download time and can be sent with a single connection from the server computer to the client computer, as opposed to multiple connections. These methods and systems consistent with the present invention also provide a way for the client computer to request the delayed classes not included in the initial archive file if the delayed class is later needed by the client computer.