DEVELOPMENT DATA MANAGEMENT FOR A STREAM COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20180121176A1
• Filed: 10/28/2016
• Published: 05/03/2018
• 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.
• Granted Patent: US 10,642,583 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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;

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

compiling a computing artifact which has the computing object in association with the set of 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, further comprising:

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

performing the execution action which pertains to the computing artifact.

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

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the execution action includes a run-time check modification.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the execution action includes a process attribute modification.

10. The method of claim 6, 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.

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

12. The method of claim 11, 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, and

a modification temporal indicator which indicates when the computing object was modified.

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

14. The method of claim 13, 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.

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

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the set of code test information is selected from the group consisting of:

a test-type passage indicator which indicates a quantitative value related to passage of types of tests performed on the computing object,

a specific test passage indicator which indicates a quantitative value related to passage of specific tests performed on the computing object,

a test tracking indicator which indicates a quantitative value of tests performed on the computing object, and

a test temporal indicator which indicates when the computing object was tested.

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

18. 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.

19. 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;

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

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

20. 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;

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

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

21. (canceled)