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Supporting interactions between different versions of software for accessing remote objects

  • US 20040172462A1
  • Filed: 02/28/2003
  • Published: 09/02/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for supporting interactions between different versions of software for performing remote object invocations within a distributed computing system, comprising:

  • receiving a reference to an object, wherein the object is implemented on a server;

    identifying one or more versions of the object supported by the reference;

    wherein each successive version of the object inherits methods from a preceding version of the object; and

    invoking a method on the object that is supported by the one or more versions of the object.

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