Patent ID: 7080382

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for accessing an instance of a recreatable object in a shorter-duration memory based on a reference to the instance of the recreatable object located in a longer-duration memory, wherein the shorter-duration memory is associated with a call, the method comprising the steps of: locating, within the shorter-duration memory, a context structure, wherein at least a portion of the context structure is passed as an argument to the call; locating an XREF pointers array based on data cached within the context structure, wherein the data cached within the context structure includes a reference to the XREF pointers array; determining whether the XREF pointers array includes a pointer associated with said reference to the instance of the recreatable object; and if the XREF pointers array includes a pointer associated with said reference to the instance of the recreatable object, then following said pointer to locate said instance within said shorter-duration memory.