Patent ID: 6865659
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing a desired element during execution of a program, comprising: receiving a reference to the desired element during execution of the program; determining if the reference is an internal reference to a location in a local package that is currently executing, or an external reference to a location in an external package; if the reference is an external reference, using an index component from the reference to look up an address for the desired element in a global reference table; and using the address to access the desired element; wherein the address retrieved from the global reference table is larger than the reference, thereby allowing the address to access a larger address space than is possible to access with the reference alone; if the reference is an internal reference, determining a base address of a component in which the desired element is located, wherein determining the base address of the component involves: adding an offset of the reference to the base address to produce the address for the desired element.