Software dependency shading
US10942734B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 22, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/72
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, a shading engine enables multiple versions of dependencies to coexist in an executable software application. During the software build process, the shading engine dynamically renames transitive dependencies of the software application to disambiguated names. The shading engine performs this renaming at both the library and class level. Notably, the shading engine does not rename the first-order dependencies of the software application. Consequently, the code of the software application and interfaces between the software application and the first-order library dependencies of the software application are not modified. Notably, the shading engine efficiently and accurately shades the transitive dependencies without manual intervention. By contrast, primarily manually-based conventional approaches to dependency management are time consuming and susceptible to errors.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.