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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Emrys Williams, Milton Keynes, GB;
Andrew Rudoff, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Emrys Williams, Milton Keynes, GB;
Andrew Rudoff, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system are provided for generating a data structure representative of a fault tree for a system. One embodiment of the method includes providing one or more input files comprising a source code description of the fault tree. The source code description has a plurality of statements specifying events and propagations in the fault tree, where a propagation represents a cause and effect linkage between events. The method further includes compiling the input files in source code into the data structure.