Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combining software executable libraries
- Patent Title (中): 组合软件可执行文件库
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Application No.: US11375312Application Date: 2006-03-14
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Publication No.: US07886285B2Publication Date: 2011-02-08
- Inventor: Albert Andre Asselin , Fred Allison Bower, III , David Bryan Roberts
- Applicant: Albert Andre Asselin , Fred Allison Bower, III , David Bryan Roberts
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Law Office of Jim Boice
- Agent Cynthia G. Seal
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44

Abstract:
The present invention provides a method, data processing system and computer program product in which a plurality of software executable libraries (sub-libraries) are combined into a single software executable library. The single library comprises a plurality of register functions, each associated with a particular sub-library and each sub-library comprises one or more functions. When the library receives a request to register from a library manager it calls each of the register functions, each of which register the one or more functions of its associated sub-library with the library manager. Advantageously the library manager can subsequently interface with each sub-library as if the sub-library was a standalone library. Further a register function can be used for a library whether the library is sub-library or a standalone library, thereby reducing the effort to switch from one to the other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070220502A1 Combining software executable libraries Public/Granted day:2007-09-20
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