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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Sarvani Ganesh, Bangalore, IN;
Kallol Pal, Bangalore, IN;
Sarvani Ganesh, Bangalore, IN;
Kallol Pal, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a computerized method for identifying at least one pattern in source code. The method includes the step of parsing the source code to obtain data corresponding to at least one source code class. A plurality of search units are provided, each search unit being configured to evaluate a single verifiable property of the at least one source code class to a TRUE state or a FALSE state. At least a portion of the plurality of search units are arranged in at least one predetermined search sequence. The at least one source code class is evaluated by each search unit included in the at least one predetermined sequence.