Peter B Der

US Patent:

7669184, Feb 23, 2010

Filed:

Jun 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/173976

Inventors:

Gilad Bracha - Los Altos CA, US
Joseph D. Darcy - Mountain View CA, US
Peter von der Ahe - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717116, 717118

Abstract:

A technique in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention provides introspection support for anonymous and local classes. As a result of the technique, an enclosing class that defines a generic type variable that is not defined within a local or anonymous class that refers to the generic type variable can be determined. According to one embodiment of the invention, when a compiler determines that a particular class is a local or anonymous class, the compiler emits, into the particular class' binary class file, information that indicates which class encloses the particular class. In response to the invocation of a method (described herein) relative to a reflective proxy that corresponds to an enclosed class, information that identifies an enclosing class that encloses the enclosed class is returned. This is so even if the enclosed class is a local or anonymous class.

US Patent:

7735070, Jun 8, 2010

Filed:

Jun 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/174073

Inventors:

Peter von der Ahe - Mountain View CA, US
Gilad Bracha - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

Oracle America, Inc. - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/45
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717140, 717116, 717118

Abstract:

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a technique for allowing a first method to override a second method as long as specified criteria are satisfied, even if the types of the parameters of the first method differ from the types of the parameters of the second method, and even if the return type of the first method differs from the return type of the second method. As a result of the technique, older methods, which do not have generic return types and/or generically typed parameters, can continue to override methods that did not used to have generic return types and/or generically typed parameters, but now do.

US Patent:

8527961, Sep 3, 2013

Filed:

Nov 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/940271

Inventors:

Peter Von Der Ahe - Mountain View CA, US
Martin Entlicher - Prague, CZ
Roman Ondruska - Prague, CZ

Assignee:

Oracle America, Inc. - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06F 11/36

US Classification:

717129

Abstract:

A debugging tool pauses or stops the execution of a computer program midway through the evaluation of a single line of source code that contains multiple expressions. A debugging tool pauses or stops the execution of a computer program after evaluating and executing one or more expressions within a particular line of source code, but before evaluating and executing one or more other expressions within that same particular line of source code. Thus, programmers can use such a debugging tool to debug a computer program at a level of granularity that is finer than source code line-level. Programmers can use such a debugging tool to debug a computer program, using breakpoints and/or stepping, at an expression-level of granularity.

US Patent:

59110813, Jun 8, 1999

Filed:

May 5, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/851308

Inventors:

Terry Whatley - Nevada CA
Saeed Nowshadi - Fremont CA
Peter van der Linden - Los Altos CA
Robert R. Gianni - Los Gatos CA
Ron Melanson - Woodside CA

Assignee:

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 100

US Classification:

39575003

Abstract:

Disclosed is a process and apparatus for controlling a power shutdown of an electrical device. The operations for controlling a power shutdown include determining a value MAX indicating a maximum number of safe power-on transitions that could have been experienced by the electrical device prior to a specified date. In addition, a threshold value P indicating a number of permissible power-on transitions prior to the specified date is determined from the value MAX. A value N indicating a number of power-on transitions that have occurred prior to the specified date is then determined. The power shutdown is inhibited if the value N is greater than the threshold value P, and otherwise allowed.

US Patent:

63111888, Oct 30, 2001

Filed:

Oct 6, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/167518

Inventors:

Peter van der Linden - Los Altos CA

Assignee:

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 1700

US Classification:

707102

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for element selection exhausting an entire array are disclosed. A method for processing an array having a plurality of elements includes selecting one of the plurality of elements. An index is maintained dividing the array into a first section containing each selected one of the plurality of elements and a second section containing each unselected one of the plurality of elements. The selected one of the plurality of elements is then swapped with an unprocessed element in the array such that the selected one of the plurality of elements is stored in the first section of the array. The selected one of the plurality of elements may then be processed.