The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2004
Mark K. Howe, Capitola, CA (US);
Lubomir B. Litchev, San Carlos, CA (US);
Christian K. Kemper, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Mark K. Howe, Capitola, CA (US);
Lubomir B. Litchev, San Carlos, CA (US);
Christian K. Kemper, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Borland Software Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and methodology for asynchronous code refactoring with symbol injection is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method is described for refactoring a plurality of interdependent software modules that reside in separate projects, the method comprises steps of: in response to a change that affects a particular symbol of a software module that resides in a first project, refactoring the software module of the first project to propagate the change to all instances of the particular symbol in the software module; during the refactoring of the software module of the first project, recording meta data about the refactoring that is required to effect the change; and automatically propagating the change to a dependent software module residing in a second project, by refactoring the dependent software module based on the recorded meta data about the refactoring that occurred to the software module of the first project.