Patent ID: 6584612
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium readable by a computer in a computing environment, for transparently loading resources from a read-only memory (â€œROMâ€ ) of said computer, comprising:a plurality of resource files stored in said ROM; computer-readable program code means for executing a Java Virtual Machine (â€œJVMâ€ ) on said computer; computer-readable program code means for executing an application program on said JVM; computer-readable program code means for executing a ROM class loader on said JVM, said ROM class loader being adapted to loading said resource files from said ROM; computer-readable program code means for creating a table comprising an entry for each of said resource files; computer-readable program code means for receiving, by said ROM class loader, a request from said application program for an input stream on a selected one of said resource files; computer-readable program code means for using said table to locate said selected resource file in said ROM; and computer-readable program code means for returning said input stream using said located resource.