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US10042746B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 9, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3676
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques and systems for creating a function call graph for a codebase are disclosed. Graph creation includes identifying functions in the codebase by a function signature and representing a function as a first node in the call graph. For that function, identifying call-to functions, call-from functions, and inheritance parents and children, and a base class from the function signature of that function; adding child nodes to the first node based on the identified call-to and call-from functions; for an interface call to a base class method in the function, adding child nodes to the first node based on implementations of an override of the base class method; for an added child node, removing that child node from the first node if a source file that includes an implementation of an override and a source code file that includes the function don't share at least one common binary file.
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