Real-time validation of interactive applications
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium not comprising a propagated data signal containing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors disposed in an electronic device, implement a validation tool for performing validation of a software application, comprising:
- a static analysis engine configured for extrapolating a timeline of the software application and analyzing behavior of the application over the timeline, the software application providing interactive content as application code executes during an application build process, the interactive content including graphics to be rendered in a graphics plane, the analyzing including at least i) determining compliance with specifications that are applicable to the application, and ii) determining whether the application exceeds performance limitations of its execution environment, at least one of the performance limitations being pixel buffer usage;
a dynamic simulator configured for creating a time graph that indicates the behavior of the application over the timeline; and
a user interface configured for displaying the time graph, the dynamic simulator being further configured as a state machine to display the pixel buffer usage at a time code through the user interface;
an editor supported by the user interface through which the application code may be edited, the static analysis engine being configured to evaluate changes made to the application by editing to thereby provide feedback as the application is being built.
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Abstract
A validation tool providing real-time validation of interactive content applications includes a static analysis engine that extrapolates the timeline of an application and the application'"'"'s behavior over that timeline. The static analysis engine watches various types of data associated with the application'"'"'s markup document and works through an editor to inform the user if the application has exceeded defined limits as the application is being built. The validation tool is further configured with a dynamic simulator that is arranged as a state machine that shares state information with the static analysis engine to enable the validation tool to display useful information such as pixel buffer usage at a given time code. The validation tool is further configured to provide a real-time application preview with which the user may interact to immediately evaluate cause and effect of any changes that are made in the application code using the editor.
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14 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium not comprising a propagated data signal containing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors disposed in an electronic device, implement a validation tool for performing validation of a software application, comprising:
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a static analysis engine configured for extrapolating a timeline of the software application and analyzing behavior of the application over the timeline, the software application providing interactive content as application code executes during an application build process, the interactive content including graphics to be rendered in a graphics plane, the analyzing including at least i) determining compliance with specifications that are applicable to the application, and ii) determining whether the application exceeds performance limitations of its execution environment, at least one of the performance limitations being pixel buffer usage; a dynamic simulator configured for creating a time graph that indicates the behavior of the application over the timeline; and a user interface configured for displaying the time graph, the dynamic simulator being further configured as a state machine to display the pixel buffer usage at a time code through the user interface; an editor supported by the user interface through which the application code may be edited, the static analysis engine being configured to evaluate changes made to the application by editing to thereby provide feedback as the application is being built. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a real-time validation tool embodied as software, the method comprising the steps of:
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extrapolating a timeline of an application as it is being built which provides interactive content that includes graphics to be rendered in a graphics plane when executing, the application comprising at least XML code, the timeline comprising an effect of the code on a system parameter over a lifetime of the application, the system parameter including pixel buffer usage; providing a user interface that is arranged for i) displaying the timeline and the pixel buffer usage and ii) displaying an editing window that displays the XML code, and iii) accepting edits to the code; and receiving edits from a user through the user interface to set one or more XPath queries in the code to true to enable evaluation of the effect on the system parameter as the application is being built. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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