Version Control Module for Seamless Code Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing code generators rigidly integrate computer and human generated code, making it difficult to change design or architecture, and limiting reuse and flexibility.

Innovation Solution

A version control module creates separate branches for computer and human generated code, allowing seamless integration and repeated use, with no designated areas for code insertion or inheritance, enabling flexible design and architecture changes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If code generators use designated areas for custom code or inheritance structures, then code integration is structured and manageable, but design and architecture changes become extremely difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecode integration managementVSAvoiddesign and architecture flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments code management into two separate version control branches: a generator branch for computer-generated code and a development branch for human-modified code. This segmentation allows independent management and integration of code without rigid structural constraints, resolving the contradiction between manageable integration and design flexibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements dynamic code integration where the integration point and method can change with each code generation cycle. Unlike static inheritance structures, the system allows arbitrary locations for code integration and enables continuous adaptation of code architecture through repeated generation and modification cycles.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If single-use generators are reused, then code generation efficiency improves, but 100% of previously written code is rewritten

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecode generation efficiencyVSAvoidhuman written code

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by creating a generator branch that preserves the state of computer-generated code before human modification. This allows the generator to be reused efficiently while protecting human-written code from being overwritten, as the integration process selectively combines code rather than replacing it entirely.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates copies of code in different branch states (generator branch and development branch) rather than working with a single master copy. This copying mechanism enables the generator to produce code that can be integrated without destroying existing human modifications, maintaining both generation efficiency and code preservation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Stability of the object's composition

If code generators create rigid integration methods, then code structure is maintained, but developer productivity decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecode structure stabilityVSAvoiddeveloper productivity

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces rigid, static integration methods with dynamic integration that adapts to each code generation cycle. The version control mechanism allows code to be integrated at arbitrary locations and enables continuous structural evolution, dramatically increasing developer productivity while maintaining sufficient code stability through version control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS10489120B2Seamless integration of computer and human generated code

Publication Date: 2019.11.26 ALCHEMY CLOUD INC

AI summary

The systems and methods disclosed here allow for repeated use of the code generator, and continued integration and development of computer generated code and human generated code. A version control module creates a generator branch and a development branch, where the generator branch tracks various versions of the computer generated code, and the development branch tracks various versions of code containing the computer generated code along with the human made modifications and/or additions to the code. The version control module automatically integrates a version of the computer generated code with a corresponding version of the code to produce a source code. This process of development and integration can be repeated infinitely many times, and allows for flexible design and/or architecture changes.