David J Shriver

US Patent:

55465838, Aug 13, 1996

Filed:

Apr 5, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/223276

Inventors:

David I. Shriver - Euless TX

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1300

US Classification:

395650

Abstract:

In a data processing system, a programming language processor capable of executing program code is provided. A client program and a server program are also provided within said data processing system. The client program and the server program are comprised of program code capable of execution within said data processing system. Once the client and server programs are invoked, the client program sends a request for a service to the server program. In response to program code within the server program, a request is sent to the client program for a service that requires access to a variable within the client program. The client program then processes the request from the server program and sends the server program a response. Thereafter, the server program continues processing the request from the client program in response to gaining access to the variable in the client program. If the server program has not been initialized when the client program requests a service, the client program automatically initializes the server program.