Patent ID: 8984534
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An interface for interfacing between a receiving component of a server application and a remote application, the receiving component being operable to receive via the interface serialised objects from the remote application, a received serialised object having associated a class file defining a class of which the object is an instance, the interface comprising: an ascertaining module operable to ascertain if the class file is locally stored and directly available to the server application, and if not to obtain the class file, wherein ascertaining if the class file is locally stored is based on a manifest for the class and, where the class file is stored locally, a determination of whether the class file stored locally relates to a different version of the class, and wherein obtaining the class file includes capturing bytes for the class file during a class loading process of the class file; a store for locally storing the obtained class file and making it directly available to the server application, wherein the store for locally storing the obtained class file forms at least a part of a library used for storing classes; whereby to allow the server application to re-generate an instance of the received object based on the stored class file.