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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2011
Adam K. Kolawa, Bradbury, CA (US);
Wayne P. Ariola, Jr., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Daniel J. Dominguez, Azusa, CA (US);
Adam K. Kolawa, Bradbury, CA (US);
Wayne P. Ariola, Jr., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Daniel J. Dominguez, Azusa, CA (US);
Parasoft Corporation, Monrovia, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for enforcing business rules in a computer program, using static analysis. The method includes: storing a plurality of business rules corresponding to a plurality of business processes representing a behavior of an enterprise; parsing a representation of business processes in the computer program to create a parse tree; extracting execution paths from the parse tree; creating control flow graphs and data flow graphs from the extracted execution paths, wherein the created control flow graphs and data flow graphs adhere to one or more of the stored business rules; following the created control flow graphs and data flow graphs; applying said one or more of the stored business rules to the created control flow graphs and data flow graphs; and reporting whether any of the applied rules is violated.