Apparatus and method for dispatching client method calls within a server computer system

摘要

An apparatus for dispatching client requests within a server computer system, wherein the client requests are issued from at least one client computer system on a different platform from said server computer system and are passed through a communications channel to said server computer system, the apparatus comprising: a buffer having an input connected to said communications channel and an output; a plurality of parallel execution threads connected to said output of said buffer; and a scheduling means for distributing client requests stored in said buffer to said plurality of execution threads in a manner such that related client requests are sent to the same execution thread.