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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2010
Joseph D. Darcy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alexander R. Buckley, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joseph D. Darcy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alexander R. Buckley, Cupertino, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that characterizes content in object code. During operation, the system receives the source code of a program. The system also receives one or more pieces of object code of the program, or creates one or more pieces of object code from the source code. Next, the system identifies a construct in the object code. The system then determines whether the construct is physically present in the source code. If the construct is not physically present, the system determines whether the construct is logically present in the source code, wherein a construct is logically present if it is required by the programming language. If so, the system sets a construct flag to indicate that the construct is 'synthesized.' However, if not, the system sets the construct flag to indicate that the construct is 'synthetic.' Finally, the construct flag is made available to a reflective API.