International Business Machines Corporation

Ramon L H Pisters

Antonius G P Steijvers

Franciscus J J Van Ham

Peter R Broadbent

Jelle A G Van Den Elsen

Ruben P Philippen

Roy Janssen

Robin Neil Grosset

Frank Van Ham

Ivo Claessens

Leendert P Tange

A method for assessing a quality of a plurality of changes to a plurality of source code is provided. The method may include receiving the plurality of source code for a software product, whereby the received plurality of source code includes the plurality of changes. The method may also include identifying at least one property associated with each of the plurality of changes within the received plurality of source code. The method may further include determining a confidence level for each of the plurality of changes based on the at least one identified property associated with each of the plurality of changes and a plurality of historical software build data. The method may also include assigning each of the plurality of changes to a build group based on the determined confidence level. The method may further include executing the build group in a software build.

Grouping and isolating software changes to increase build quality

A system and method for rendering data points contained in a set of generic data into a graphics object of a particular visualization type. The generic data is fetched by the system from a data store using data retrieval logic. Additional data bearing connection information about how to structure the generic data during rendering is fetched by one or more data retrieval plugins. The data retrieval plugins are selected from among a plurality of data retrieval plugins available to the system. The generic and additional data are rendered into a graphics object either jointly or sequentially. Through provision of these data retrieval plugins, it is thus possible to add visualization types that require additional data in a structured manner, or to add logic on how to connect fetched data points, without having to modify the system's own inbuilt data retrieval logic.

Visualization of connected data

A method, system and computer program product are provided for refreshing a software component without interruption. The method includes detecting when a current instance of the software component is inactive and activating a refresh process of the software component in parallel to the current instance, including starting a new instance of the software component. The method further includes monitoring a state of the current instance and, when the current instance ceases to be inactive, canceling the refresh process. The method includes determining that the refresh process is complete and switching from the current instance to the new instance of the software component.

Refreshing a software component without interruption

A processor-implemented method retrieves information from a database system. A data query, which includes a specification of information to be retrieved from the database system, is generated. A first parameter specifying a condition to be met by the retrieved information is defined. A second parameter specifying one or more data reduction operations to be executed if the condition defined by the first parameter is not met is defined. The generated data query and the first and second parameters are then transmitted to the database system.

Information retrieval from a database system

A declarative specification for visualization may be improved. The declarative specification for the visualization may be identified and checked for appropriateness. This appropriateness check can be done by ensuring that the declarative specification meets a number of rules. The rules may be predefined and include rules that define best practices for visualizations. If a portion of the declarative specification violates one of the rules, it can be highlighted. In this way, the user can see how the declarative specification can be improved for visualization.

Visualizations created in declarative visualization languages

An adjustment control user interface usable through a user interface such as a touchscreen. The adjustment control includes elongated gesture zones stacked in a stacking direction so that: (i) gesture movement in the elongation direction will adjust the value of an adjustment variable; and (ii) gesture movement in the stacking direction from one stacked gesture zone to another will change the identity of the current adjustment variable and/or the adjustment granularity of the current adjustment variable.

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Ramon L H Pisters