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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2005
Eric E. Allen, Burlington, MA (US);
David R. Chase, Belmont, MA (US);
Victor M. Luchangco, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jan-willem Maessen, Somerville, MA (US);
Guy L. Steele, Lexington, MA (US);
Eric E. Allen, Burlington, MA (US);
David R. Chase, Belmont, MA (US);
Victor M. Luchangco, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jan-Willem Maessen, Somerville, MA (US);
Guy L. Steele, Lexington, MA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for integrating dimensional analysis in a program comprising defining a specific dimension class within the program, wherein the specific dimension class is an instance of the dimension meta-class, defining an instantiation of a unit class within the program, wherein the instantiation of the unit class comprises the specific dimension class as a type parameter associated with the instantiation of the unit class, defining a method within the program using the instantiation of the unit class and the specific dimension class, and compiling the program to generate an executable code corresponding to the program, wherein the program is written in an object-oriented language.