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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Stephen Darnell, Maidenhead, GB;
William Thomas Charnell, Great Missenden, GB;
Wayne Plummer, High Wycombe, GB;
Blaise Abel Alec Dias, Middx, GB;
Philippa Joy Guthrie, Aylesbury, GB;
Jeremy Paul Kramskoy, Long Kitton, GB;
Jeremy James Sexton, Hemel Hempstead, GB;
Michael John Wynn, Maidenhead, GB;
Keith Rautenback, High Wycombe, GB;
Stephen Paul Thomas, High Wycombe, GB;
Stephen Darnell, Maidenhead, GB;
William Thomas Charnell, Great Missenden, GB;
Wayne Plummer, High Wycombe, GB;
Blaise Abel Alec Dias, Middx, GB;
Philippa Joy Guthrie, Aylesbury, GB;
Jeremy Paul Kramskoy, Long Kitton, GB;
Jeremy James Sexton, Hemel Hempstead, GB;
Michael John Wynn, Maidenhead, GB;
Keith Rautenback, High Wycombe, GB;
Stephen Paul Thomas, High Wycombe, GB;
Esmertec AG, Dubendorf, CH;
Abstract
A hash table dispatch mechanism for interface Methods. The mechanism reduces dispatch times during the execution of an object-oriented language program. An interface hash table having a pointer as an index for either a specific location in a corresponding dispatch table or an interface Method of the program is created for a dispatch table. The interface hash table has an address and a plurality of slots having a hash value related to an interface Method. The mechanism includes a recovery Method for resolving conflicts when two or more slots in the interface hash table contain clashing values.