Method and apparatus for generating and using location-independent distributed object references

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11385164

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Location-independent references include a live reference containing a location of a remote object and a universally unique identifier (UUID) which provides a unique global reference to that remote object. If a method call to the remote object using the live reference fails, the UUID is used to obtain a new reference to the remote object and the new reference is then used to make another method call. A new reference can be obtained from an identifier directory that contains a mapping between UUIDs and location-independent references. When a remote object is first created, or when a remote object is moved from one location to another, the remote object registers with any and all such directories that it can find in its environment. These registrations are leased; that is, if they are not occasionally refreshed by the remote object which registered them, they are dropped from the directory.

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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC4150 NETWORK CIRCLE SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Blackman, Timothy J Arlington, US 4 197
Ellard, Daniel J Belmont, US 9 134
Loizeaux, Jane A Lowell, US 1 11
Sproull, Robert F Newton, US 9 273
Waldo, James H Dracut, US 59 2845
Warres, Michael P Cambridge, US 3 129

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