Granted Patent B1

US 6,892,377 · App. 10/028,232 · Granted May 10, 2005

Abstract

Claims (11)

1. A method for platform-independent file system interaction, comprising:

instantiating a string object via a development environment coded calling process;

setting a file name, having an easily-identifiable format, for said string object with said calling process;

setting a file path, having an easily-identifiable format, for said string object with said calling process;

determining, at said string object, an encoding of said file name and said file path;

forwarding, with said calling process, the string object and an associated file operation to an operating system level file system interface handler;

calling an operating system naming function, at said operating system level file system interface handler, to format said string object;

compiling said naming function with an encoding marker indicating a target operating system for said file operation;

transcoding said file name and said file path to a target operating system encoding based on said encoding marker;

returning said transcoded file name and file path to said development environment using said naming function; and

executing said file operation at said operating system level file system interface handler.

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