Method, system, and program for calling a target object from a caller object

• US 20050081216A1
• Filed: 10/08/2003
• Published: 04/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Taylor, Brandon E.
• Application Number:
  US10/682,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20050081216A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/315
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/548 Object oriented; Remote method invocation [RMI] non-remote method invocation G06F9/449

Abstract

Provided are a method, system, and program for calling a target object from a caller object in a first call mode. A program component is invoked in response to the caller object initiating the call to the target object and the program component invokes execution of the call on the target object. The program component monitors the execution of the call on the target object and determines whether the execution of the call on the target object exceeds a threshold. The caller object is notified to cause the caller object to change from the first call mode to a second call mode in handling the call if the execution of the call is determined to exceed the threshold.

Claims

1. A method for calling a target object from a caller object in a first call mode, comprising:

invoking a program component in response to the caller object initiating the call to the target object;

invoking, with the program component, execution of the call on the target object;

monitoring, with the program component, the execution of the call on the target object;

determining, with the program component, whether the execution of the call on the target object exceeds a threshold; and

notifying the caller object to cause the caller object to change from the first call mode to a second call mode in handling the call if the execution of the call is determined to exceed the threshold.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first call mode comprises a synchronous mode and the second call mode comprises an asynchronous mode.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the execution of the call on the target object exceeds the threshold comprises determining whether the call has been executing for a maximum period of time.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a data object maintains different maximum period of times for different calls, and wherein determining whether the execution of the call on the target object has been executing for the maximum period of time further comprises determining from the data object the maximum period of time corresponding to the invoked call to use to determine whether the maximum period of time has been exceeded.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing any return value from the called target object in a future object if the execution of the call on the target object exceeds the threshold.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

returning the return value from the target object to the caller object if the execution of the call on the target object does not exceed the threshold.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

periodically querying with the caller object the future object after receiving the notification from the program component to determine when the return value is available in the future object; and

accessing the return value from the future object after determining that the return value is available in the future object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the caller object invokes the call by calling a proxy object, and wherein the program component is invoked by the proxy object.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the program component comprises an invocation handler, further comprising:

throwing an exception, by the invocation handler, when determining that the execution of the call on the target object exceeds the threshold, wherein the caller is notified through the thrown exception.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the program component executes in a first thread, further comprising:

spawning a second thread to execute the call on the target object invoked by the component object.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a computer readable memory;

a target object and a caller object implemented in the memory by the processor;

program code executed by the processor to cause the processor to perform;

(i) invoking a program component in response to the caller object initiating a call to the target object in a first call mode;

(ii) invoking, with the program component, execution of the call on the target object;

(iii) monitoring, with the program component, the execution of the call on the target object;

(iv) determining, with the program component, whether the execution of the call on the target object exceeds a threshold; and

(v) notifying the caller object to cause the caller object to change from the first call mode to a second call mode in handling the call if the execution of the call is determined to exceed the threshold.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first call mode comprises a synchronous mode and the second call mode comprises an asynchronous mode.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein determining whether the execution of the call on the target object exceeds the threshold comprises determining whether the call has been executing for a maximum period of time.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a data object in the computer readable medium maintaining different maximum period of times for different calls, and wherein determining whether the execution of the call on the target object has been executing for the maximum period of time further comprises determining from the data object the maximum period of time corresponding to the invoked call to use to determine whether the maximum period of time has been exceeded.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the program code is executed to cause the processor to further perform:

storing any return value from the called target object in a future object if the execution of the call on the target object exceeds the threshold.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the program code is executed to cause the processor to further perform:

returning the return value from the target object to the caller object if the execution of the call on the target object does not exceed the threshold.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the program code is executed to cause the processor to further perform:

periodically querying with the caller object the future object after receiving the notification from the program component to determine when the return value is available in the future object; and

accessing the return value from the future object after determining that the return value is available in the future objec

18. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a proxy object in the computer readable medium, wherein the caller object invokes the call by calling the proxy object, and wherein the program component is invoked by the proxy object.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the program component comprises an invocation handler, and wherein the program code is executed to cause the processor to further perform:

throwing an exception, by the invocation handler, when determining that the execution of the call on the target object exceeds the threshold, wherein the caller is notified through the thrown exception.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the program component executes in a first thread, wherein the program code causes the processor to further perform:

spawning a second thread to execute the call on the target object invoked by the component object.

21. An article of manufacture for calling a target object from a caller object in a first call mode, wherein the article of manufacture causes operations to be performed, the operations, comprising:

invoking a program component in response to the caller object initiating the call to the target object;

invoking, with the program component, execution of the call on the target object;

monitoring, with the program component, the execution of the call on the target object;

determining, with the program component, whether the execution of the call on the target object exceeds a threshold; and

notifying the caller object to cause the caller object to change from the first call mode to a second call mode in handling the call if the execution of the call is determined to exceed the threshold.

22. The article of manufacture of claim 21, wherein the first call mode comprises a synchronous mode and the second call mode comprises an asynchronous mode.

23. The article of manufacture of claim 21, wherein determining whether the execution of the call on the target object exceeds the threshold comprises determining whether the call has been executing for a maximum period of time.

24. The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein a data object maintains different maximum period of times for different calls, and wherein determining whether the execution of the call on the target object has been executing for the maximum period of time further comprises determining from the data object the maximum period of time corresponding to the invoked call to use to determine whether the maximum period of time has been exceeded.

25. The article of manufacture of claim 21, further comprising:

storing any return value from the called target object in a future object if the execution of the call on the target object exceeds the threshold.

26. The article of manufacture of claim 25, further comprising:

returning the return value from the target object to the caller object if the execution of the call on the target object does not exceed the threshold.

27. The article of manufacture of claim 25, further comprising:

periodically querying with the caller object the future object after receiving the notification from the program component to determine when the return value is available in the future object; and

accessing the return value from the future object after determining that the return value is available in the future object.

28. The article of manufacture of claim 21, wherein the caller object invokes the call by calling a proxy object, and wherein the program component is invoked by the proxy object.

29. The article of manufacture of claim 28, wherein the program component comprises an invocation handler, further comprising:

throwing an exception, by the invocation handler, when determining that the execution of the call on the target object exceeds the threshold, wherein the caller is notified through the thrown exception.

30. The article of manufacture of claim 21, wherein the program component executes in a first thread, further comprising:

spawning a second thread to execute the call on the target object invoked by the component object.