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AssigneeParasoft Corporation
InventorsWendell T. Hicken, Adam K. Kolawa
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A method and system for graphically generating user-defined rules to be used for checking the quality of a language. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) with a plurality of menus provides easy and effective means for generating user-defined rules. Generally, each rule comprises a node type associated with a matching function. Nodes and their properties are graphically generated and connected to construct rules. In one embodiment, the present invention graphically generates user-defined rules to be used for checking the quality of a computer programming language. Each instruction in a computer programming language is represented by at least one node of a particular type stored in a parse tree for describing dependencies between such nodes. Both the parse tree and the rules are stored in the computer. The parse tree is searched beginning from a root node indicating an entry point into the parse tree for at least one of the nodes having such a particular type matching one of the node types.
A method using a computer for generating user-defined rules to be used for checking the quality of a computer programming language including nodes and properties, said method being responsive to user interaction in a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising the steps of:
A computer readable medium having stored instructions, the stored instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:
A method using a computer for creating rules to be used to check the quality of a language comprising the steps of:
A computer program product for use in a computer system for generating rules to check the quality of a language, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon for generating a graphical user interface (GUI) which facilitates generating the rules to check the quality of the language, the computer readable program code comprising:
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