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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
May. 15, 2014
Linkedin Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
John W. Nicol, San Jose, CA (US);
Baron L. Roberts, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jens O. Pillgram-Larsen, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David P. McCutcheon, San Jose, CA (US);
LinkedIn Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a method, system, and apparatus for facilitating use of a software library project. During operation, the system obtains a set of data associated with use of the software library project, wherein the data comprises a set of dependencies of calls and objects associated with the software library project. Next, the system applies a set of business rules to the data to assess one or more characteristics associated with the software library project. The system then enables use of the data and the one or more characteristics in assessing a health of the software library project.