정보기록ㆍ보안 특허연구회

공보번호 US 06748396 (2004.6.8.) 출원번호 US 872963 (2001.6.1.) 발명의 명칭 : Independent class loader for dynamic class loading 출원인 : International Business Machines Corporation 초록 : Improved techniques are defined for dynamically loading components which have prerequisite relationships more complex than the simple single inheritance chains which are supported with prior art dynamic class loading techniques. Multiple prerequisites are supported in this improved technique, and in preferred embodiments, an arbitrary number of prerequisites may be explicitly specified for a component. Furthermore, techniques are disclosed which enable delaying the loading and initialization of components until such time as a class in the component is actually needed, thereby improving overall efficiency of the system. Optional filtering and export aspects may also be supported to selectively expose classes for use by dependent components and to enable a component to opt out of re-exporting the classes of its prerequisites, respectively.