Application development support, component invocation monitoring, and data processing

• US 20040268312A1
• Filed: 05/20/2004
• Published: 12/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Abe, Mari, Nerome, Takashi, Hori, Masahiro
• Application Number:
  US10/850,147
• Publication Number:
  US 20040268312A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/124
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3604 Software analysis for verifying properties of programs byte-code verification G06F9/44589
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3684 for test design, e.g. generating new test cases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

The present invention provides methods, systems and tools for analyzing a consistency and an inconsistency between a JSP page and a component related to the page, and verifying them automatically. In an example embodiment, the present invention includes a monitor for monitoring execution of a component invocation in a web page in which contents are generated dynamically, and extracting information on the component invocation; and a consistency verification unit for verifying the consistency between the component invocation and the component which is a target of it, based on the information on the component invocation extracted by the monitor.

Claims

1. ) A web application development support device, comprising:

a monitor for monitoring execution of a component invocation for generating contents in a web page in which said contents are generated dynamically, and extracting information on said component invocation; and

a consistency verification unit for verifying a consistency between said component invocation and the component which is a target of said component invocation, based on the information on said component invocation extracted by said monitor.

2. ) The web application development support device according to claim 1, wherein if it is not determined until a run time whether a predetermined component invocation is actually executed or not, said monitor extracts the information on said component invocation with or without the execution of said component invocation.

3. ) The web application development support device according to claim 1, wherein said consistency verification unit verifies the consistency between said component invocation and said component by collating specification information in which the information on said component invocation preset for said web page is packaged, and the information extracted at said monitor.

4. ) The web application development support device according to claim 1, further comprising a specification update unit for updating said specification information based on a verification result by said consistency verification unit.

5. ) The web application development support device according to claim 1, further comprising a monitor generation unit for generating said monitor corresponding to said component invocation by analyzing information on a library to be used for describing said component invocation.

6. ) A component invocation monitoring device, comprising:

a request control unit for issuing an HTTP request with respect to a web page in which contents are generated dynamically; and

a monitor for monitoring execution of a component invocation for generating said contents in said web page, and extracting information on said component invocation.

7. ) The component invocation monitoring device according to claim 6, further comprising a monitor generation unit for generating said monitor corresponding to said component invocation by analyzing information on a library to be used for describing said component invocation.

8. ) The component invocation monitoring device according to claim 7, wherein said monitor generation unit implements said monitor to the device by replacing a definition file of said library stored in predetermined storage means, with a library definition file including a function of extracting the information on said component invocation on the execution of said component invocation, based on a result of analyzing the information on said library.

9. ) A data processing method for using a computer to execute a predetermined data process, comprising:

a first step of analyzing, with respect to a component invocation for generating contents in a web page in which said contents are generated dynamically, information on a library to be used for describing said component invocation;

a second step of replacing a definition file of said library stored in predetermined storage means, with a library definition file including a function of extracting information on said component invocation on execution of said component invocation, based on a result of the analyzing; and

a third step of executing said component invocation by using said replaced library definition file, and extracting the information on said executed component invocation.

10. ) The data processing method according to claim 9, further comprising a fourth step of verifying a consistency between said component invocation and the component which is a target of said component invocation, by collating specification information in which the information on said component invocation preset for said web page and stored in the predetermined storage means is packaged, and the information extracted at said third step.

11. ) The data processing method according to claim 10, further comprising a fifth step of updating said specification information stored in said predetermined storage means, based on a verification result by said fourth step.

12. ) A program for controlling a computer to monitor a component invocation for generating contents in a web page in which said contents are generated dynamically, wherein the program causes said computer to execute:

a first process of analyzing information on a library to be used for describing said component invocation;

a second process of replacing a definition file of said library stored in predetermined storage means, with a library definition file including a function of extracting information on said component invocation on execution of said component invocation, based on a result of the analyzing; and

a third process of executing said component invocation by using said replaced library definition file, and extracting the information on said executed component invocation.

13. ) The program according to claim 12, wherein if it is not determined until a run time whether a predetermined component invocation is actually executed or not, said third process causes said computer to execute a process of extracting the information on said component invocation with or without the execution of said component invocation.

17. ) A computer readable recording medium having recorded a program according of claim 12.

14. ) A program for controlling a computer to support web application development, wherein the program causes said computer to function as:

means for executing a component invocation for generating contents in a web page in which said contents are generated dynamically;

means for monitoring execution of said component invocation, and extracting information on said component invocation; and

means for verifying a consistency between said component invocation and the component which is a target of said component invocation, based on the extracted information on said component invocation.

15. ) The program according to claim 14, wherein the means for verifying the consistency between said component invocation and said component verifies the consistency between said component invocation and said component by collating specification information in which the information on said component invocation preset for said web page and stored in predetermined storage means is packaged, and the information extracted at said monitor.

16. ) The program according to claim 15, wherein the program further causes said computer to function as means for updating said specification information based on a verification result by the means for verifying the consistency between said component invocation and said component.

18. ) An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a computer to execute a predetermined data process, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect the steps of:

a first step of analyzing, with respect to a component invocation for generating contents in a web page in which said contents are generated dynamically, information on a library to be used for describing said component invocation;

a second step of replacing a definition file of said library stored in predetermined storage means, with a library definition file including a function of extracting information on said component invocation on execution of said component invocation, based on a result of the analyzing; and

a third step of executing said component invocation by using said replaced library definition file, and extracting the information on said executed component invocation.

19. ) An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a computer to execute a predetermined data process, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect a fourth step of verifying a consistency between said component invocation and the component which is a target of said component invocation, by collating specification information in which the information on said component invocation preset for said web page and stored in the predetermined storage means is packaged, and the information extracted at said third step.

20. ) A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing web application development, the computer readable program code means in said computer program product comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect the functions of:

a monitor for monitoring execution of a component invocation for generating contents in a web page in which said contents are generated dynamically, and extracting information on said component invocation; and

a consistency verification unit for verifying a consistency between said component invocation and the component which is a target of said component invocation, based on the information on said component invocation extracted by said monitor.

21. ) A computer program product as recited in claim 20, the computer readable program code means in said computer program product further comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect functions of a specification update unit for updating said specification information based on a verification result by said consistency verification unit.