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US 8,819,636 B2Granted
Testing compatibility of a computer application
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsNitin Harvadan Nagoria, Shiva Sm Prakash
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Abstract
Presented is a method, system, computer readable instructions executable code and computer storage medium for testing compatibility between a computer application and a target computer platform. Configuration parameters of a computer application are provided to a computer system for comparison against a database to determine whether the configuration parameters of the computer application and the configuration parameters of a target computer platform are compatible or incompatible.
Claims13
A computer-implemented method of testing compatibility between a computer application and a target computer platform, comprising:
- determining configuration parameters of the computer application;
- storing configuration parameters for a plurality of target computer platforms in a database, wherein each of the plurality of target computer platforms has a different operating system;
- identifying a target computer platform from the plurality of target platforms stored in the database to install the computer application;
- determining the configuration parameters for the target computer platform from the database, wherein the configuration parameters for the target computer platform identify system dependent artifacts which are different for different operating systems, and the configuration parameters for the target computer platform include patch level, system call table, operating system libraries, system variables, system limits, and system header files with data structure information;
- compiling and building the computer application on the target computer platform;
- running the computer application on the target computer platform;
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- comparing the configuration parameters of the computer application with the configuration parameters of the target computer platform extracted from the database, the comparing including determining whether the computer application runs or fails to run on the target computer platform;
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- determining whether the configuration parameters of the computer application and the configuration parameters of the target computer platform are compatible or incompatible based on the comparison.
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A system, comprising:
- a data storage to store a database, wherein the database comprises configuration parameters for a plurality of target computer platforms;
- an input system to receive configuration parameters of a computer application from a user;
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- a processor to:
- determine the configuration parameters for the target computer platform from the plurality of computer platforms stored in the database, wherein the configuration parameters for the target computer platform identify system dependent artifacts which are different for different operating systems and each of the plurality of target computer platforms has a different operating system, and wherein the configuration parameters for the target computer platform include patch level, system call table, operating system libraries, system variables, system limits, and system header files with data structure information;
- compile and build the computer application on the target computer platform;
- run the computer application on the target computer platform;
- compare the configuration parameters of the computer application with the configuration parameters of the target computer platform extracted from the database, wherein to compare includes to determine whether the computer application runs or fails to run on the target computer platform;
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- determine whether the configuration parameters of the computer application and the configuration parameters of the target computer platform are compatible or incompatible based on the comparison.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing machine readable instructions run on a computer system to:
- determine configuration parameters of the computer application;
- store configuration parameters for a plurality of target computer platforms in a database;
- identify a target computer platform from the plurality of target computer platforms stored in the database to install the computer application;
- determine the configuration parameters for the target computer platform from the database, wherein the configuration parameters for the target computer platform identify system dependent artifacts which are different for different operating systems and each of the plurality of target computer platforms has a different operating system, and wherein the configuration parameters for the target computer platform include patch level, system call table, operating system libraries, system variables, system limits, and system header files with data structure information;
- compile and build the computer application on the target computer platform;
- run the computer application on the target computer platform;
- compare the configuration parameters of the computer application with the configuration parameters of the target computer platform extracted from the database, wherein to compare includes to determine whether the computer application runs or fails to run on the target computer platform;
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- determine whether the configuration parameters of the computer application and the configuration parameters of the target computer platform are compatible or incompatible based on the comparison.
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