Development data management for a stream computing environment

• US 10,642,583 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2016
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cook, Alexander, Orozco, Manuel, Sabotta, Christopher R., Santosuosso, John M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rutten, James D.
• Application Number:
  US15/338,110
• Publication Number:
  US 20180121176A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,285 Days
• Field of Search: 717140
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/33 Intelligent editors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/41 Compilation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/75 Structural analysis for program understanding

Abstract

Disclosed aspects relate to managing a set of development data for a stream computing environment. A set of development data related to a computing object may be detected. The set of development data may be derived from application development for utilization in the stream computing environment. The set of development data may be established in association with the computing object. A computing artifact which has the computing object in association with the set of development data may be compiled.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of managing a set of development data for a stream computing environment, the method comprising:

detecting, related to a computing object, the set of development data which is derived from application development for utilization in the stream computing environment, wherein the set of development data includes a set of code source information that identifies a developer of the computing object;

establishing the set of development data in association with the computing object;

compiling a computing artifact which has the computing object in association with the set of development data;

determining, at runtime and using the set of development data, an execution action which pertains to the computing artifact; and

performing, at runtime, the execution action which pertains to the computing artifact, wherein performing the execution action comprises post-compilation attribute modification of one or more aspects of the computing object based on the development data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing object includes a set of implementation code, and wherein application development is selected from the group consisting of:

construction of implementation code, and configuration of a set of parameters.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, based on the set of development data, a compilation action.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the compilation action includes an operator fusion action, and wherein the operator fusion action is selected from the group consisting of:

a fusion action corresponding to a plurality of operators, and a notification with respect to the fusion action.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

fusing a plurality of operators which the set of development data indicates have a set of respective reliability factors that exceeds a reliability threshold.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution action includes a code deployment to a set of computing units.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution action includes a run-time check modification.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution action includes a process attribute modification.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution action includes an operator fusion action, and wherein the operator fusion action is selected from the group consisting of:

a fusion action corresponding to a plurality of operators, an unfusion action corresponding to the plurality of operators, and a notification with respect to at least one of;

the fusion action, or the unfusion action.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of code source information is selected from the group consisting of:

an access indicator which indicates a quantitative value related to frequency of utilization of the computing object, a challenge indicator which indicates a quantitative value of reported potential bugs associated with the computing object, a feature request indicator which indicates a quantitative value of feature requests associated with the computing object, wherein the quantitative value of features requests indicates a count of how many times a particular feature has been requested, and a modification temporal indicator which indicates when the computing object was modified.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of development data includes a set of code debug information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the set of code debug information is selected from the group consisting of:

a change frequency indicator which indicates a quantitative value related to frequency of modification to the computing object, a change quantity indicator which indicates a quantitative value related to an extensiveness of modification to the computing object, a breakpoint indicator which indicates a quantitative value of breakpoints set in association with the computing object, and a temporal indicator which indicates a quantitative value related to an amount of debug performed.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting, the establishing, and the compiling each occur in an automated fashion without user intervention.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of development data includes a set of historical development data, further comprising:

receiving a stream of tuples to be processed by a set of processing elements which includes the computing artifact and operates on a set of compute nodes; and

processing, using the set of processing elements operating on the set of compute nodes, the stream of tuples.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of code source information comprises a challenge indicator that indicates a quantitative value of potential bugs associated with the computing object and wherein the quantitative value indicates the severity of a potential bug.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the artifact is a deployable artifact that includes a set of processing elements and an application description file.

17. A system for managing a set of development data for a stream computing environment, the system comprising:

a memory having a set of computer readable computer instructions, and

a processor for executing the set of computer readable instructions, the set of computer readable instructions including;

detecting, related to a computing object, the set of development data which is derived from application development for utilization in the stream computing environment, wherein the set of development data includes a set of code source information that identifies an origination location of the computing object;

establishing the set of development data in association with the computing object;

compiling a computing artifact that includes both the computing object and the set of development data;

determining, at runtime and using the set of development data, an execution action which pertains to the computing artifact; and

performing, at runtime, the execution action which pertains to the computing artifact, wherein performing the execution action comprises post-compilation attribute modification of one or more aspects of the computing object based on the development data;

wherein the set of code source information comprises a feature request indicator which indicates a quantitative value of feature requests associated with the computing object, wherein the quantitative value of features requests indicates a count of how many times a particular feature has been requested for implementation in the streaming computing environment by a person.

18. A computer program product for managing a set of development data for a stream computing environment, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

detecting, related to a computing object, the set of development data which is derived from application development for utilization in the stream computing environment, wherein the set of development data includes a set of code source information that identifies that the computing object originated from in-house development;

establishing the set of development data in association with the computing object;

compiling a computing artifact which has the computing object in association with the set of development data;

determining, at runtime and based on the development data, an execution action which pertains to the computing artifact; and

performing, based on the determining, the execution action at runtime, wherein performing the execution action comprises post-compilation attribute modification of one or more aspects of the computing object based on the development data.