create()XXXX()

You allocate an object with the create()XXXX() method. This method combines sharing of the object with runtime derivative support. With chunk set-based objects, this function searches for a match through allocated objects. If it finds a match, it attaches to that object and returns its address. If it does not find a match or the object is not chunk set based, it searches for a match through objects in the runtime-loadable object files.

To maximize the runtime nature of the KCMS framework, it is recommended that you use the create()XXXX() method whenever possible within your CMM derivative. It enables derivatives statically linked into an application or included directly in the KCMS framework's shared object libraries (such as, libkcs) to use the correct and latest version of your CMM derivative.

Note that the KcsStatus class extension is an exception to this recommendation. It passes back a status string rather than a pointer to a derivative, and only two C functions are written.