Patent ID: 6496975
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for implementing conditional logic statements within a computer program, comprising:invoking program logic in response to processing a first method statement; performing at least one operation during the execution of the program logic for the first method statement; setting, during an execution of the program logic for the first method statement, a return variable to at least one of two values depending on an outcome of performing the at least one operation; invoking program logic in response to processing a second method statement following the first method statement in the computer program, wherein the second method statement is passed a condition parameter and the return variable; determining, during the execution of the program logic for the second method statement, whether the return variable set by the first method statement satisfies a condition specified in the condition parameter; and performing, during the execution of the program logic for the second method statement, one of at least two operations depending on whether the return variable satisfies the condition specified in the condition parameter.