Source Code Compliance Checker for Early Issue Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing software development processes lack an efficient mechanism for compliance testing of source code prior to deployment, leading to cumbersome and redundant checks.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for compliance testing of source code that includes a compliance checker configured to obtain compliance conditions via a user interface, generate a compliance file, perform compliance tests, and output results, allowing for customizable and efficient compliance checks.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If compliance testing is performed manually or without automation, then compliance conditions can be checked, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompliance testing efficiencyVSAvoidtime for compliance checks

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs compliance testing on source code before deployment to production environment. By conducting compliance checks in advance during the development phase, the system identifies and resolves compliance issues early, preventing them from reaching production and eliminating the need for time-consuming post-deployment compliance verification.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The compliance testing system automatically executes compliance checks against defined compliance conditions without requiring manual intervention. The system self-manages the entire compliance verification process including parsing source code, comparing it against compliance rules, and generating test results, thereby eliminating cumbersome manual compliance checking procedures.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If comprehensive compliance checks are performed, then all compliance conditions are verified, but the computational burden increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompliance verification accuracyVSAvoidcomputational resources for compliance testing

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The compliance testing process is divided into distinct phases: parsing source code into an abstract syntax tree, comparing the AST against compliance conditions, and generating test results. This segmentation allows the system to process compliance checks in manageable stages, reducing the computational burden of performing comprehensive compliance verification on entire codebases at once.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs compliance testing on specific portions of source code that are relevant to defined compliance conditions, rather than analyzing every line of code uniformly. By focusing computational resources only on the parts of the codebase that need compliance verification, the system maintains high reliability while reducing overall computational burden.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20250165382A1Pre-deployment compliance testing for source code

Publication Date: 2025.05.22 CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC

AI summary

In some implementations, a system may provide a user interface of a compliance checker. The system may obtain, via the user interface, an indication of a compliance condition associated with source code. The system may perform, using the compliance checker in association with the compliance condition and prior to deployment of the source code in a production environment, a compliance test on the source code to generate a compliance test result. The system may present, via the user interface, an indication of the compliance test result.