System and methods for providing versioning of software components in a computer programming language
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1. A method for providing versioning support for at least one software component of an object-oriented programming language, the method operating on a computer and comprising:
- specifying programmer intent with regard to versioning of a first software component by assigning a keyword to said first software component, said keyword indicating how said first software component resolves an ambiguity or conflict with a second software component;
wherein said ambiguity or conflict arises due to the first software component having a first method associated with a first class and the second software component having a second method associated with said first class, and wherein said first method and said second method have the same designation.
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Abstract
A system and methods for versioning software components in connection with a computer programming language are provided. In exemplary aspects, the versioning system makes use of intelligent defaults, provides a vehicle for unambiguous specification of developer intent and implements conflict resolution rules in connection with the versioning of software components. In another aspect, the versioning system bounds names at run-time, but does not bound offsets at compile-time.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for providing versioning support for at least one software component of an object-oriented programming language, the method operating on a computer and comprising:
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specifying programmer intent with regard to versioning of a first software component by assigning a keyword to said first software component, said keyword indicating how said first software component resolves an ambiguity or conflict with a second software component; wherein said ambiguity or conflict arises due to the first software component having a first method associated with a first class and the second software component having a second method associated with said first class, and wherein said first method and said second method have the same designation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable modules, the computer executable modules comprising:
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a versioning mechanism enabling a programmer to specify intent with regard to versioning of a first software component by assigning a keyword to said first software component, said keyword indicating how said first software component resolves an ambiguity or conflict with a second software component; wherein said ambiguity or conflict arises due to the first software component haying a first method associated with a first class and the second software component having a second method associated with said first class, and wherein said first method and said second method have the same designation. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An object-oriented programming language stored on a computer for producing computer executable modules, comprising:
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a versioning mechanism enabling a programmer to specify intent with regard to versioning of a first software component by assigning a keyword to said first software component, said keyword indicating how said first software component resolves an ambiguity or conflict with a second software component; wherein said ambiguity or conflict arises due to the first software component having a first method associated with a first class and the second software component having a second method associated with said first class, and wherein said first method and said second method have the same designation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for providing versioning support for at least one software component of an object-oriented programming language, the method operating on a computer and comprising:
specifying programmer intent with regard to versioning of a first software component by assigning intelligent defaults to said first software component, wherein by default when said first software component comprises a method declaration with no accessibility modifier appearing in a corresponding class, said method declaration is defaulted to be private to said corresponding class.
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