摘要 |
In a computer network (100), an object (102) located at a current host address and port number (104) receives a move indication (106) from itself or a virtual object (108) located at an originating host address and port number (110). After determining its availability to move, the object (102) creates a serialized version (112) of itself to send to a new host address and port number (114). The object (102) also retains an old version (116) of itself at the current host address and port number (104). A new version (118) of the object (102) is established at the new host address and port number (114) from the serialized version (112) of the object (102). Once established, the new version (118) sends a status update message (120) to the old version (116). The old version (116) de-registers itself from the current host address and port number (104). If forwarding is desired, the old version (116) creates a secretary object (122) that routes messages to the new version (118) that were addressed to the old version before updating has occurred in the computer network (100).
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