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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
May. 07, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yue Bai, Beijing, CN;
Xu Ming Chen, Beijing, CN;
Yan Jun Huang, Beijing, CN;
Yun Li Li, Beijing, CN;
Jian Min Liu, Beijing, CN;
Ying Liu, Beijing, CN;
Ling Ling Lu, Beijing, CN;
Jian Qin, Beijing, CN;
Xi Ning Wang, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and program product for generating a business rule model. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for generating a business rule model, comprising: extracting from source code of an application system a business flow executed by the source code, the business flow comprising a plurality of business procedures that are executed in an order; analyzing parts in the source code that are associated with various business procedures among the plurality of business procedures, building rule metadata describing business rules followed by various business procedures; and generating a business rule model followed by the business flow on the basis of the order and the rule metadata. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for generating a business rule model. Accordingly, a business rule model may be automatically generated from source code of an application system without manual manipulation.