Patent ID: 7237237
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In an electronic device, a method for controlling disposition of a candidate object in an object-oriented environment, said method comprising: determining a first value indicative of a number of references to said candidate object that are not references from other objects in the object-oriented environment; determining a second value indicative of a number of references to said candidate object from other objects in the object-oriented environment; determining a third value indicative of a number of cyclic paths including said candidate object; controlling disposition of said candidate object on the basis of said first value, said second value and said third value; wherein a cyclic path is a strongly connected component such that no node within the strongly connected component has an external reference and no node within the strongly connected component is connected, either directly or indirectly, to an object having an external reference.