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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2002
Marc Noel Blais, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel Rodman Hicks, Byron, MN (US);
James Albert Kryka, Rochester, MN (US);
Marc Noel Blais, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel Rodman Hicks, Byron, MN (US);
James Albert Kryka, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method provide a cache for analyzed program information when no class file can be identified. When loading a class, if there is an identifiable class file for the class, the class file is checked to determine if analyzed program information is attached. If so, the analyzed program information can be directly used without the overhead of analyzing the program information again. If there is no identifiable class file for the class, a cache is checked to see if there is an entry in the cache corresponding to the class. If there is no entry in the cache corresponding to the class, the program information is analyzed and saved in a cache entry for future use. If there is an entry in the cache corresponding to the class, the analyzed program information is retrieved and used, thereby saving the time required to repeatedly analyze the program information.