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Clean-up of orphaned server contexts

  • US 6,496,850 B1
  • Filed: 08/31/1999
  • Issued: 12/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for detecting an orphaned server context, comprising:

  • (a) maintaining a collection of outstanding server objects;

    (b) creating a list of contexts for each of the outstanding server objects;

    (c) adding to the list a compilation of clients who are interested in each of the outstanding server objects;

    (d) recording on the list a duration of time since the clients invoked a method accessing each of the contexts of the outstanding server objects;

    (e) examining the list at predetermined intervals for determining whether a predetermined amount of time has passed since each of the objects has been accessed;

    (f) selecting contexts that have not been accessed in the predetermined amount of time; and

    (g) sending information to the clients identifying the contexts that have not been accessed in the predetermined amount of time.

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