US 8,943,519 B2 · Smart progress indicator for script processing

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to progress indication and provide a method, system and computer program product for intelligent progress indication for script processing. In one embodiment, a progress indication data processing system can be provided. The system can include a script execution engine such as an ANT configured script execution engine, a history table, and a smart progress indicator coupled to the history table. The indicator can include program code enabled to compute an expected duration of execution of a script such as an ANT script by the script execution engine based upon measured observed durations of execution for annotated portions of the script, for instance, both for the current execution and for previous successful executions.

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Dependent claims

A progress indication data processing system comprising:

a processor having a script execution engine;
a memory stored therein a history table;
and,
a smart progress indicator coupled to the history table, the smart progress indicator comprising program code enabled during execution by the processor to compute an expected duration of execution of a script by the script execution engine based upon measured observed durations of execution for annotated portions of the script, to determine conditions precedent to executing the annotated portions of the script, to select individual ones of the annotated portions unable to be executed based upon the conditions precedent, and to modify the expected duration of execution of the script to account for the selected individual ones of the annotated portions unable to be executed.

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A progress indication method for script processing, the method comprising:

computing an expected duration of execution of a script by a script execution engine based upon measured observed durations of execution for annotated portions of the script, each annotation indicating an expected duration of execution for a corresponding portion of the script;
determining conditions precedent to executing the annotated portions of the script;
selecting individual ones of the annotated portions unable to be executed based upon the conditions precedent;
modifying the expected duration of execution of the script to account for the selected individual ones of the annotated portions unable to be executed;
and,
rendering a progress indication of the execution of the script according to the modified expected duration of execution of the script and an observed completion of execution of portions of the script.

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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for progress indication in script processing, the computer program product including:

computer usable program code for computing an expected duration of execution of a script by a script execution engine based upon measured observed durations of execution for annotated portions of the script each annotation indicating an expected duration of execution for a corresponding portion of the script;
computer usable program code for determining conditions precedent to executing the annotated portions of the script;
computer usable program code for selecting individual ones of the annotated portions unable to be executed based upon the conditions precedent;
computer usable program code for modifying the expected duration of execution for the script to account for the selected individual ones of the annotated portions unable to be executed;
and,
computer usable program code for rendering a progress indication of the execution of the script according to the modified expected duration of execution of the script and an observed completion of execution of portions of the script.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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