Apparatus and method for porting of business logic among computer platforms
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorXiao Zhang
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Abstract
An apparatus and method port business logic between platforms in a non-platform specific manner to reduce the cost of porting and maintaining software across multiple platforms. In the preferred embodiments, a logic porting mechanism ports business logic of a first platform to business logic for a second platform using a multi-platform common mapping file. In other preferred embodiments, qualified business logic is identified and needed information is extracted and then the business logic from a first platform is mapped to business logic for a second platform using a common mapping file.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor;
- and
- a logic porting mechanism in the memory that ports business logic between the format of a first platform to business logic for a second platform using a common mapping file.
A computer-implemented method for porting business logic from a first platform to a second platform, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying qualified business logic;
- extracting needed information from the qualified business logic;
- and
- mapping the business logic from the first platform to business logic for a second platform using a common mapping file.
A computer-readable program product comprising:
- (A) a logic porting mechanism that ports business logic between the format of a first platform to business logic a second platform using a common mapping file;
- and
- (B) computer-recordable signal bearing media bearing the logic porting mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.