System and method for determining the possibility of adverse effect arising from a code change in a computer program
US7536678B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 4, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3672
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method determine the possibility of adverse effect arising from a code change in a computer program. The system and method comprise the steps of identifying important classes within a computer program and determining directly and indirectly dependent classes of the important classes. The important classes comprise superclasses of the directly and indirectly dependent classes. The method associates test cases with the important classes and with the directly and indirectly dependent classes. Additionally, for a given code change to first important class, the method runs all test cases associated with the first important class and associated with dependent classes of the first important class, and indicates the possibility of an adverse effect if any run test case fails.
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