CHANGE METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20140298291A1
• Filed: 03/21/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yoshimi, Ryouji, Shimada, Kuniaki, Wada, Yuji
• Granted Patent: US 9,886,271 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/121
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/76 Adapting program code to run in a different environment; Porting

Abstract

A method performed by a computer, the method includes: determining a portion of a program run by a first information processing apparatus, the portion corresponding to a difference between first configuration information related to the first information processing apparatus and second configuration information related to a second information processing apparatus; and deciding a change type to be applied to the portion of the program, based on details of the difference.

Claims

1. A method performed by a computer, the method comprising:

determining a portion of a program run by a first information processing apparatus, the portion corresponding to a difference between first configuration information related to the first information processing apparatus and second configuration information related to a second information processing apparatus; and

deciding a change type to be applied to the portion of the program, based on details of the difference.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring difference information representing the difference between the first configuration information and the second configuration information,

wherein the determining determines the portion based on the difference information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the determining includes detecting a block of a process including the difference in the program, and

the deciding decides a change type to be applied to the detected block of the process, based on details of the difference.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

determining whether there is definition information which defines values of respective setting items on the first and second information processing apparatuses; and

generating a block of a process different from the process based on the definition information when the definition information exists.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein

a plurality of items are set on each of the first and second information processing apparatuses, and the items includes at least a first setting item identifying each information processing apparatus and a second setting item other than the first setting item,

the method further comprising:

when the definition information does not exist, determining whether the first and second information processing apparatuses differ from each other in respective values of the first and second setting items, based on the difference.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein

a plurality of items are set on each of the first and second information processing apparatuses, and the items includes at least a first setting item identifying each information processing apparatus and a second setting item other than the first setting item, and

the deciding decides a type which generates a process different from the process as the change type when the first and second information processing apparatuses differ from each other in the respective values of the first and second setting items.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

generating the different process by replicating the process when a type which generates a process different from the process is decided as the change type;

replacing values of setting items included in the different process with values of the setting items related to the second information processing apparatus based on details of the difference;

deleting a value of the first setting item related to the first information processing apparatus in the process; and

inserting a description for calling the different process into the process.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein

the inserting inserts a conditional statement about the operating condition into the different process when an operating condition is set on the second information processing apparatus.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein

a plurality of items are set on each of the first and second information processing apparatuses, and the items includes at least a first setting item identifying each information processing apparatus and a second setting item other than the first setting item, and

the deciding decides a type which replaces the value of the first setting item in the process as the change type when the first and second information processing apparatuses differ from each other in a value of the first setting item and when the first and second information processing apparatuses are the same in a value of the second setting item.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

replacing the value of the first setting item related to the first information processing apparatus in the process with the value of the first setting item related to the second information processing apparatus when a type which replaces the value of the first setting item in the process is decided as the change type in the deciding.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein

a plurality of items are set on each of the first and second information processing apparatuses, and the items includes at least a first setting item identifying each information processing apparatus and a second setting item other than the first setting item,

the method further comprising:

determining whether the process is performed by a plurality of target information processing apparatuses when the first and second information processing apparatuses are the same in respective values of the setting items,

wherein the deciding decides a type which generates a process different from the process as the change type when the process is performed by a plurality of target information processing apparatuses.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the deciding decides a type which replaces the value of the second setting item in the process as the change type when the process is not performed by a plurality of target information processing apparatuses.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

replacing the value of the second setting item related to the first information processing apparatus in the process with the value of the second setting item related to the second information processing apparatus when a type which replaces the value of the second setting item in the process is decided as the change type in the deciding.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first information processing apparatus is included in an existing system, and the second information processing apparatus is included in a new system which is constructed based on the existing system.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

determine a portion of a program run by a first information processing apparatus, the portion corresponding to a difference between first configuration information related to the first information processing apparatus and second configuration information related to a second information processing apparatus, and

decide a change type to be applied to the portion of the program, based on details of the difference.

16. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

determining a portion of a program run by a first information processing apparatus, the portion corresponding to a difference between first configuration information related to the first information processing apparatus and second configuration information related to a second information processing apparatus, and;

deciding a change type to be applied to the portion of the program, based on details of the difference.

17. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 16, wherein the process further comprising:

acquiring difference information representing the difference between the first configuration information and the second configuration information, wherein

the determining determines the portion based on the difference information.

18. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 16, wherein

the determining includes detecting a block of a process including the difference in the program, and

the deciding decides a change type to be applied to the detected block of the process, based on details of the difference.

19. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 16,

wherein a plurality of items are set on each of the first and second information processing apparatuses, and the items includes at least a first setting item identifying each information processing apparatus and a second setting item other than the first setting item, and

wherein the deciding decides a type which generates a process different from the process as the change type when the first and second information processing apparatuses differ from each other in the respective values of the first and second setting items.

20. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 16,

wherein a plurality of items are set on each of the first and second information processing apparatuses, and the items includes at least a first setting item identifying each information processing apparatus and a second setting item other than the first setting item, and

wherein the deciding decides a type which replaces the value of the first setting item in the process as the change type when the first and second information processing apparatuses differ from each other in a value of the first setting item and when the first and second information processing apparatuses are the same in a value of the second setting item.