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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2001
Brent Carlson, Rochester, MN (US);
Valquiria Cristina da Cruz, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Tim Graser, Rochester, MN (US);
Mircea P. Marandici, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Gary Joseph Pietrocarlo, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Andre Tost, Rochester, MN (US);
Craig Dean Woods, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ravindran Yelchur, Delray Beach, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program for the creation and implementation of configurable Java classes on a computer platform executing instructions based upon at least a set of Java language instructions. The configurable Java class is created as an instance of a metaclass object included within the set of Java language instructions, and the configurable metaclass object includes a plurality of subclasses and interfaces wherein each interface includes one or more methods to alter the attributes and methods of the Java class instance of the metaclass object. The metaclass object is preferably implemented as an Enterprise JavaBean.