Quality assurance in software systems through autonomic reliability, availability and serviceability code generation

#1. Technical Field

#The present invention relates to automatic code generation, and more particularly to an autonomic mechanism provided to automate reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) code generation and removal to improve quality assurance.

#2. Description of the Related Art

#The disclosure will provide details in the following description of preferred embodiments with reference to the following figures wherein:

#FIG. 1 is a block/flow diagram showing a system and process flow for automatically generating RAS program code in accordance with the present principles; and

#FIG. 2 is a block/flow diagram showing a program and method for automatically generating RAS program code in accordance with the present principles.

#In accordance with present embodiments, an autonomic mechanism is provided to automate Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) code generation and removal. The RAS code may be executed automatically within a software Integrated Development Environment (IDE) or other suitable environment, e.g., when a developer has to “check-in” the code file. The mechanism similarly removes the code files automatically during “check out” to keep the main algorithm clean and focused. Clean and focused refers to the state of the program as being in compliance with applicable standards and policies with a minimized amount of code. The mechanism may also run independently against specific program modules and/or program component source code files to generate an intended result. This ensures RAS code is generated consistently corresponding to the code, with high quality assurance and complies with enterprise product policies. The RAS task is thereby removed from the developer load so that he/she may focus on other deliverables or activities.

#Embodiments of the present invention can take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment including both hardware and software elements. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention is implemented in software, which includes but is not limited to firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.

#Furthermore, the invention can take the form of a computer program product accessible from a computer-usable or computer-readable medium providing program code for use by or in connection with a computer or any instruction execution system. For the purposes of this description, a computer-usable or computer readable medium can be any apparatus that may include, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The medium can be an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system (or apparatus or device) or a propagation medium. Examples of a computer-readable medium include a semiconductor or solid state memory, magnetic tape, a removable computer diskette, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a rigid magnetic disk and an optical disk. Current examples of optical disks include compact disk—read only memory (CD-ROM), compact disk—read/write (CD-R/W) and DVD.