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CODE CLONE NOTIFICATION AND ARCHITECTURAL CHANGE VISUALIZATION

  • US 20120159434A1
  • Filed: 12/20/2010
  • Published: 06/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method for notifying a software developer that software code exists related to software code the developer is modifying, the method comprising:

  • parsing a software code base to identify information related to the software code;

    indexing the parsed software code base to provide quick identification of matching sections of software code;

    detecting a software code change provided by a developer editing software code;

    identifying any code clones related to the code change provided by the developer;

    upon detecting that a clone was identified, notifying the software developer that at least one clone exists so that the developer can determine whether to apply the detected change to identified clones,wherein the preceding steps are performed by at least one processor.

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