US 9,430,200 B1 · Cross-library framework architecture feature sets

Abstract

API (application program interface) features defined by a set of APIs provide a different cross-sectional view of an application or framework than the view provided by sectioning along class or library boundaries, or binding units, for example. An API feature includes a proper subset of a library of a framework used by an application, and/or APIs which collectively reside in different libraries. A functionality feature API set provides an exposed surface area of a functionality feature of an application. Upon receiving a compilation request and determining that an API feature is to be excluded, an attempt is made to produce a compiled version of the application without the feature's APIs. In some cases, the functionality feature is independent of a baseline functionality of the application. Developers can obtain smaller but fully functional binaries. Framework architects can identify dependencies between API implementations when creating or modifying a software framework's architecture.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a processor;
a memory in operable communication with the processor;
a functionality feature application program interface (API) set which identifies two or more APIs which collectively reside in two or more different libraries of the system and implement a functionality feature of an application program;
and
a compiler executable by the processor to provide compilations and execute a request which specifies exclusion of the functionality feature from a compilation of the application program.

2 more elements

A computer-readable storage medium configured with data and with instructions that when executed by at least one processor causes the processor(s) to perform a process comprising the steps of:

determining from a feature exclusion request at least one functionality feature to be excluded from a compilation of an application program, the functionality feature defined with a set of identified application program interfaces (APIs) which includes a proper subset of a library used by the application program in an established runtime framework;
and
failing to perform the compilation by failing to produce a compiled version of the application program without including the identified APIs in the compiled version.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Cross-library framework architecture feature sets

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Cross-library framework architecture feature sets

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Abstract

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