Template Code Patching for Consistent Multi-Component Software
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Solution Overview
Problem
Software applications composed of multiple component applications face challenges in providing a consistent user experience due to inconsistent external calls and data access across these components, leading to technical faults and bugs.
Innovation Solution
An automated process that accesses the source code of component applications, maintains a template repository with sequential versions, and applies patches to update template code to the most recent version, ensuring consistent functionality across the software application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If template code is manually updated across multiple component applications, then consistency of functionality is improved, but development time and maintenance effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses template code as a reusable copy that can be instantiated multiple times across different component applications. When the template is updated, all instances are automatically updated through automated patching, eliminating manual copying and updating efforts while maintaining consistency across the software application.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary actions by maintaining a template repository with sequential versions and preparing patches in advance. The automated patching system is set up to detect and apply updates automatically, so when template code needs to be updated, the work has already been prepared and can be applied immediately without manual intervention.
2Adaptability or versatility
If template code versions are not synchronized across component applications, then development flexibility is improved, but technical faults and bugs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the automated patching system continuously monitors component applications for outdated template code versions. When discrepancies are detected, the system automatically applies patches to synchronize all instances with the latest template version, providing feedback loops that prevent technical faults while maintaining version consistency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting version mismatches and applying patches without requiring manual intervention from developers. The automated patching system monitors and updates template code instances across component applications independently, maintaining reliability while allowing development flexibility.
3Productivity
If automated patching is implemented, then maintenance effort is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary automated patching system that acts as a mediator between the template repository and component applications. This intermediary automatically manages the complexity of version control and patch application, reducing maintenance effort for developers while handling the system complexity behind the scenes through automated detection and application of patches.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer program executes an automated process comprising: accessing the source code of a component application within a software application composed of plural component applications, the accessed source code of the component application including an instance of template code being source code recurring at multiple component applications within the software application to implement functionality consistently across the software application and being instantiated in source code as an instance of one of plural sequential versions; maintaining a template repository comprising the plural sequential versions of the template code; determining whether or not the version of template code currently being instantiated in the source code is the most recent of the plural sequential versions, and if not, implementing one or a sequence of patches configured to target the template code to update the version of template code currently being instantiated in the source code to the most recent version.