Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to autocomplete application lifecycle management entities
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsItzhak Coren, Tomer Engel, Alon Zanbar
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Abstract
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to autocomplete application lifecycle management (ALM) entities are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes obtaining an action associated with an ALM entity, and tracing an ALM repository starting with the ALM entity to automatically identify a connected set of entities and relationships that complete the action.
Claims13
A method to autocomplete an application lifecycle management (ALM) entity, the method comprising:
- determining an action associated with the ALM entity;
- tracing an ALM repository starting with the ALM entity to automatically identify a connected set of entities and relationships, wherein the connected set includes all entities and relationships required to carry out the action without including any unneeded entities or relationships, wherein tracing the ALM repository comprises:
- identifying descendants of the ALM entity and relations connected to the descendants;
- and
- adding the descendants and the relations to the connected set of entities and relationships;
- identifying a broken one of the relations connected to only a single entity in the connected set of entities and relationships;
- identifying an additional entity connected to the broken one of the relations that is not already included in the connected set of entities and relationships;
- and
- adding the additional entity to the connected set of entities and relationships that are required to carry out the action without including any unneeded entities or relationships.
A tangible computer-readable medium comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
- determine an action associated with an application lifecycle management (ALM) entity;
- and
- trace an ALM repository starting with the ALM entity to automatically identify a connected set of entities and relationships, the identified entities and relationships being required to carry out the action without including any unneeded entities or relationships, the instructions to cause the machine to trace the ALM repository by:
- identifying descendants of the ALM entity and relations connected to the descendants;
- and
- adding the descendants and the relations to the connected set of entities and relationships;
- identify a broken one of the relations connected to only a single entity in the connected set of entities and relationships;
- identify an additional entity connected to the broken one of the relations that is not already included in the connected set of entities and relationships;
- and
- add the additional entity to the connected set of entities and relationships that are required to carry out the action without including any unneeded entities or relationships.
An apparatus to autocomplete an application lifecycle management (ALM) entity, the apparatus comprising:
- an interface to determine an action associated with the ALM entity;
- and
- an autocompletor comprising a processor, the autocompletor to trace an ALM repository starting with the ALM entity to automatically identify a connected set of entities and relationships, the identified entities and relationships being required to carry out the action without including any unneeded entities or relationships, wherein the autocompletor is to trace the ALM repository by identifying descendants of the ALM entity and relations connected to the descendants, and adding the descendants and the relations to the connected set of entities and relationships, and the autocompletor is further to:
- identify a broken one of the relations connected to only a single entity in the connected set of entities and relationships;
- identify an additional entity connected to the broken one of the relations that is not already included in the connected set of entities and relationships;
- and
- add the additional entity to the connected set of entities and relationships that are required to carry out the action without including any unneeded entities or relationships.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.