Method and system for scaling standalone applications to be executed as internet applications

摘要

An invention is disclosed for a programming method and system for “passivating” (i.e., temporarily removing) processed data elements from memory in order to make the affected memory available for other processing tasks, thereby improving the “scalability” of a standalone object-oriented application program in accommodating large quantities of users and/or data without completely occupying memory when such a program is deployed as a network or internet-based web application. Specifically, the invention includes programming steps for allowing memory resources allocated to a user of the program to be “freed up”, i.e., temporarily made available to other users and/or programs and then reclaimed when again required by the original user.