Documentation generation for web APIs based on byte code analysis
US8756568B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/36
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Documentation for an application or web service, such as a web application programming interface (API), is generated by analyzing bytecode for the application itself. Metadata contained within the bytecode and that specifies the functionality of the web service is extracted and used as a template and basis for documentation. A second source of documentation, which contains detailed documentation of the web service, is contributed by the web service developer and merged with the metadata extracted from the bytecode.
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