Automatic Interface Generation for Codebase Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
In software development, modifying functions across multiple units of software instructions is inefficient, leading to resource consumption and increased error likelihood due to direct invocation, especially in complex projects where abstraction layers are often overlooked or not implemented in time.
Innovation Solution
Automatically generating interfaces that can be invoked by multiple units of software instructions, allowing them to indirectly call specific functions, thereby reducing the need for individual modifications and minimizing errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If direct invocation of functions is used across multiple software units, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases and reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an interface as an intermediary layer between invoking units and invoked units. This interface abstracts the direct function calls, allowing multiple invoking units to interact with the system through a standardized interface rather than directly calling multiple functions across different software units. The interface acts as a mediator that manages the complexity while maintaining ease of operation for the calling code.
2Ease of operation
If direct invocation of functions is used across multiple software units, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability decreases due to increased error likelihood
Solution Approach 1:
The interface serves as a protective intermediary that validates and standardizes all invocations. By routing all function calls through this interface layer, the system ensures consistent error handling, parameter validation, and call management, thereby reducing errors while maintaining operational simplicity.
3Reliability
If interfaces are manually created for each function invocation, then reliability improves, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically generating the interface based on the analysis of existing function invocations in the codebase. Rather than requiring manual creation of interfaces for each function, the computing system analyzes the invocation patterns and generates an appropriate interface structure, thereby maintaining reliability through proper abstraction while significantly improving development productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface generation process performs preliminary action by proactively creating the abstraction layer before it would be manually required. The system analyzes existing code, identifies functions that should be abstracted, and generates the interface structure in advance, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual interface creation while ensuring proper reliability measures are in place.
4Device complexity
If abstraction layers are implemented, then device complexity is reduced and reliability improves, but productivity decreases due to time constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically analyzes the codebase structure and generates appropriate abstraction layers without requiring manual intervention. This self-service approach identifies where interfaces are needed, creates the necessary abstraction structures, and integrates them into the existing codebase, thereby reducing complexity and improving reliability while minimizing the time investment required from developers.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface generation process performs preliminary analysis and creation of abstraction layers before the development timeline would normally allow for manual implementation. By proactively generating these structures based on code analysis, the system reduces complexity and improves reliability within the existing time constraints rather than extending the timeline.
Data Source
AI summary
A plurality of invoking units of software instructions that each directly invoke one or more functions of an invoked unit of software instructions are identified. Based on at least one criterion a first function of the one or more functions is selected for inclusion in an interface. An interfacing unit of software instructions that implements the interface is generated, the interface being configured to be invoked by at least one of the plurality of invoking units of software instructions, and when invoked, to invoke the first function.