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Accessing a remotely located nested object

  • US 20040193608A1
  • Filed: 03/26/2003
  • Published: 09/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing data to a requester, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, at a first server, a first request for data that does not reside at said first server;

    in response to said first request, sending a second request for said data from said first server to a second server;

    in response to said second request, receiving said data at said first server;

    prior to providing said data to said requester, determining whether said data includes a reference that purports to refer to a nested object located at a server other than said first server;

    if said data includes a reference that purports to refer to a nested object located at a server other than said first server, then performing, at said first server, the steps of;

    creating modified data by replacing the reference with a virtual reference to said nested object;

    storing mapping data that associates said virtual reference with said reference and with a server capable of resolving said reference; and

    providing said modified data to said requestor.

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