Patent ID: 6182154
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for passing a request from a requester in a first address space to a target object in a second address space, comprising the steps of:passing the request from the requester to a native object request broker having multiple object models to which the requester is written, said native object request broker having a defined object-oriented interface and isolated from said requester;responsive to a determination that the target object is foreign to the native object request broker, finding a foreign object request broker having multiple object models to which the target object is written, said foreign object request broker having the defined object-oriented interface and a plurality of proxy manager objects under the control of a single manager;generating a proxy object by the foreign object request broker written to the foreign object request broker in the first address space by one of said plurality of proxy manager objects selected by said manager; andestablishing communication by the foreign object request broker from the requester object to the target object through the proxy by said one of said plurality of proxy manager objects.