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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Mark B. Reinhold, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Alexander R. Buckley, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Gibbons, Mountain View, CA (US);
Karen M. P. Kinnear, Boxborough, MA (US);
Mark B. Reinhold, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Alexander R. Buckley, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Gibbons, Mountain View, CA (US);
Karen M. P. Kinnear, Boxborough, MA (US);
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the development and maintenance of a software program. This system includes a software development kit (SDK) and a runtime system for the software program. During operation, the system associates classes of the software program with module declarations for a set of modules and uses the module declarations to manage dependencies in the software program throughout the life cycle of the software program.