Sun patents JAVA method .. http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-113097/sun-patents-java-method Posts in the discussion thread "Sun patents JAVA method .." - Sun develops 'Invocation Methods Sending System' Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-113097#post-334670 Sun patents JAVA method .. http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-113097/sun-patents-java-method#post-334670 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:22:40 +0000 emacsuser 253551 "Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for transferring a method call from an invoke thread to an event dispatch thread .. The method may include defining a new call on the invoke thread"

Sounds to me like a variation on a callback function, shades of extend and embrace© ?

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