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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Peter Haumer, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary I. Mazo, San Jose, CA (US);
Sanket Parikh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Milandeep S. Shergill, Brampton, CA;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer program is searched for one or more select terms. A first type of search is performed on source code of the computer program to search for one or more select terms in the source code. Results of the first type of search, if any, are included in a result set. A second type of search is performed on one or more particular elements of the computer program to search for the one or more select terms in the one or more particular elements. Results of the second type of search, if any, are added to the result set. Another search is performed, based on analysis of the result set. The other search searches for the one or more select terms in one or more selected source artifacts of the computer program to provide a refined result set. An action is performed using the refined set.