摘要 |
A method and apparatus for replicating on a second computer of a distributed computing system, an object present on a first computer, said object including data elements and pointers to virtual function table within the memory space of said first computer. The method comprises the steps of storing data elements of said object in a message; transmitting said message from said first computer to said second computer; receiving said message at said second computer; creating a dummy object which is named and dimensioned to correspond to said object, but does not include said data values on said second computer; and reading the data values from said received message into said dummy objec t on said second computer. The apparatus contains a memory space for storing objects, and related means for carrying out the method.
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