Instructing the use of application programming interface commands in a runtime environment

• US 10,452,454 B1
• Filed: 06/07/2018
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Beard, Darren R., Penfold, Colin R., Mitchell, Ian J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorais, Craig C
• Application Number:
  US16/002,308
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications

Abstract

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for instructing the use of application programming interface (API) commands in a runtime environment is provided. The present invention may include receiving, by a computer processor, a source code with a high level language API command. The present invention may include accessing, by a computer processor, metadata for the source code and determining whether the metadata includes an instruction to be applied to the high level language API command, and applying, by a computer processor, the instruction to the high level language API command. The present invention may include processing, by a computer processor, the high level language API command to a low level code using a command translator, wherein the processing occurs after the applying the instruction.

Claims

1. A method for instructing the use of application programming interface (API) commands in a runtime environment, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computer processor, a source code with a high level language API command;

accessing, by the computer processor, metadata for the source code and determining whether the metadata includes an instruction to be applied to the high level language API command;

responsive to determining that the metadata includes an instruction to be applied to the high level language API command, applying, by the computer processor, the instruction to the high level language API command; and

processing, by the computer processor, the high level language API command to a low level code using a command translator, wherein the processing occurs after the applying the instruction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction applied to the high level language API command includes allowing or disallowing the high level language API command.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein disallowing the high level language API command instructs the command translator not to translate the high level language API command resulting in no valid code in the runtime environment for the API command.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein allowing the high level language API command instructs the command translator to activate a switched off API command in the source code resulting in a valid code in the runtime environment for the high level language API command.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction provides an alert relating to the high level language API command when processing the high level language API command.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata comprises an instruction keyword followed by details of the high level language API command, and determining whether the metadata includes the instruction to be applied to the high level language API command, comprising scanning the metadata to determine whether a keyword identified in the metadata matches the instruction keyword.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein a command name is a verb and a specified parameter is an adverb or a keyword on which the verb acts.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction applied to the high level language API command includes an instruction keyword identifying the instruction in relation to an identified API command.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the high level language API command further comprises translating the high level language API command to a statement call in a runtime environment language.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating metadata relating to the high level language API command in the source code by specifying an instruction for the high level language API command with a selected parameter.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the generated metadata is generated by an owner of a runtime environment in which the instructions are applied to control a granularity of the high level language API command used in the runtime environment.

12. A computer system for instructing the use of application programming interface (API) commands in a runtime environment, comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising;

receiving, by a computer processor, a source code with a high level language API command;

accessing, by the computer processor, metadata for the source code and determining whether the metadata includes an instruction to be applied to the high level language API command;

responsive to determining that the metadata includes an instruction to be applied to the high level language API command, applying, by the computer processor, the instruction to the high level language API command; and

processing, by the computer processor, the high level language API command to a low level code using a command translator, wherein the processing occurs after the applying the instruction.

13. The computer system of claim 12, further comprising a metadata store of metadata provided for the source code including instructions to be applied to API commands.

14. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the instruction applied to the high level language API command includes allowing or disallowing the high level language API command.

15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein disallowing the high level language API command instructs the command translator not to translate the high level language API command resulting in no valid code in the runtime environment for the API command.

16. The computer system of claim 14, wherein allowing the high level language API command instructs the command translator to activate a switched off API command in the source code resulting in a valid code in the runtime environment for the high level language API command.

17. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the instruction provides an alert relating to the high level language API command when processing the high level language API command.

18. The computer system of claim 12, further comprising:

generating metadata relating to the high level language API command in the source code by specifying the instruction for the high level language API command with a selected parameter.

19. The computer system of claim 12, wherein a command processing component translates an API command to a statement call in a runtime environment language.

20. A computer program product for instructing the use of application programming interface (API) commands in a runtime environment, comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage media, the program instructions executable by a computer processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising;

receiving, by the computer processor, a source code with a high level language API command;

accessing, by the computer processor, metadata for the source code and determining whether the metadata includes an instruction to be applied to the high level language API command;

responsive to determining that the metadata includes an instruction to be applied to the high level language API command, applying, by the computer processor, the instruction to the high level language API command; and

processing, by the computer processor, the high level language API command to a low level code using a command translator, wherein the processing occurs after the applying the instruction.