System and method for associating properties with objects
CA 2427288 C · Owner: Bogdan, Jeffrey L. · Inventors: Finocchio, Mark J.; Kramer, Nicholas M.; Bogdan, Jeffrey L.
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Described is a mechanism for allowing new functionality for an object to be expressed as a property that is not built into the class from which the object derives. More specifically the mechanism associates properties in one class with another class. A computer-readable medium that includes an object having a property in a first set of properties further includes a data structure. The data structure includes definitions for each of a second set of properties and includes at least one static method. The static method is associated with one property out of the second set of properties and includes a first parameter. The first parameter uniquely identifies the one property. The static method …
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- Filed April 30, 2003 and granted August 16, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 2023.
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