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Component model for real time system control

  • US 20030159129A1
  • Filed: 02/18/2003
  • Published: 08/21/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A software program for execution on a machine, the software program including one or more components of the same component-type, the component type being defined from a base class comprising one or more slot definitions at least one of which is a property slot definition, the components being generated during run-time by the steps comprising:

  • identifying all property slot definitions in the base class;

    locating getter and setter methods for each identified property slot definition in the base class;

    generating a component-type object, the component-type object being configured to store slot definitions;

    storing in the component-type object the property slot definitions identified in the identifying step;

    generating one or more components, each component having a slotmap and a reference to the component-type object, wherein each slotmap includes a storage location for the value of each property-slot definition stored in the component-type object; and

    setting a property slot value, by inserting the property slot value into a storage location in the slotmap of a particular one of the one or more components, the property slot value being associated with one of the property slot definitions in the component-type object.

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