OBJECT REQUEST DISPATCH USING MATCHING OF A SEGMENTED OBJECT KEY

摘要

A method for matching an object key by calculating one or more values determined by one or more portions of the object key, comparing the values with a plurality of stored data; and selecting a stored datum or handler matching the largest portion of the object key. The object key comprises of one or more segments, i.e. a length field and a data field, wherein the length field is subdivided into a first length subfield and a second length subfield. The handler may be a plugin DLL or shared library.