Patent ID: 8838874
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for heapifying an object included in a stack frame of a stack, the method comprising the steps of: storing, in a working set, a first address of an object in a stack frame to be copied into a heap area; copying the object into the heap area and holding a second address of the object in the heap area; following each stack frame sequentially to find a pointer pointing to the first address stored in the working set; converting, upon finding the pointer, the first address into the second address in the heap area; proceeding to a next stack frame, wherein the address conversion includes storing an address of another object in the working set if the converted address is stored as a value of a field of the other object in the stack frame; wherein at least one of the above steps is carried out using a computer device.