Data objects are managed on a communications network by substituting the data field in each object by an address of the data field and storing the addresses of the fields in an association table

摘要

Data objects are converted from a programming language to a communication language by substituting the data field in each object by an address of the data field in cases where the data field is complex. The addresses of the fields are then stored in a table of associations. Hence an object has to be transferred its address is used to identify the object in the able of associations and to convert the object into a communication language which can be used by a communication protocol to transfer the object over a communications network. Independent claims are included for (a) a method of transferring a data object over a communication network (b) a method for the remote updating of a data object in a computer network (c) a method of remotely activating on a local computer a function of a distant data object (d) a method of transferring a interface (e) a device for marshalling a data object from a programming language to a communication language (f) a device for the remote updating of a data object in a computer network (g) a device for remotely activating on a local computer a function of a distant data object (h) and a computer program for executing the methods claimed.