Mobile computing program slicing and behavior

• US 9,069,562 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2013
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Abadi, Aharon, Abadi, Moria, Ben-Harrush, Idan
• Primary Examiner(s): Khatri, Anil
• Application Number:
  US14/060,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20150113501A1
• Time in Patent Office: 615 Days
• Field of Search: 717105-109, 717120-121
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

Techniques for computer program slicing are described herein. The techniques include screens of a mobile computing program having a behavior. The method may include determining a subset of screens associated with the behavior. A slice of the mobile computing program may be generated based on the subset of screens of the mobile computing program such that the slice produces the same behavior of the mobile computing program.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying, via one or more processing devices, screens of a mobile computing program having a behavior;

determining, via the one or more processing devices, a subset of the identified screens associated with the behavior; and

generating, via processing device, a slice of the mobile computing program based on the subset of the identified screens of the mobile computing program such that the slice produces the same behavior as the mobile computing program; and

determining, via the one or more processing devices, data flow between the screens, wherein the subset of screens is determined based on data flow dependencies between the screens associated with the behavior.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identified screens are correlated with states of a finite state machine graph, and wherein the identified screens are represented as nodes in the graph and data flow is represented as edges of the graph.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising identifying, via one or more processing devices, an element of the screen associated with the behavior.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the screens are rendered on a graphical user interface of a computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing program is to be implemented on a mobile computing device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing program is to be implemented as:

an enterprise application;

a web application;

or

any combination thereof.

7. A computing device, comprising:

a storage device;

a processor;

the storage device having instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to;

identify screens of a mobile computing program having a behavior;

determine a subset of the identified screens associated with the behavior; and

generate a slice of the mobile computing program based on the subset of the identified screens of the mobile computing program such that the slice produces the same behavior as the mobile computing program;

wherein the instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to determine data flow between the screens, and wherein the subset of screens is determined based on data flow dependencies between the screens associated with the behavior.

8. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the identified screens are correlated with states of a finite state machine graph, and wherein the identified screens are represented as nodes in the graph and data flow is represented as edges of the graph.

9. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to identify an element of the screen associated with the behavior.

10. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the screens are rendered on a graphical user interface of a computing device.

11. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the mobile computing program is to be implemented on a mobile computing device.

12. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the mobile computing program is to be implemented as:

an enterprise application;

a web application;

or

any combination thereof.

13. A computer program product for program slicing, the computer product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor to perform a method, comprising:

identifying, by the processor, screens of a mobile computing program having a behavior;

determining, by the processor, a subset of the identified screens associated with the behavior; and

generating, by the processor, a slice of the mobile computing program based on the subset of the identified screens of the mobile computing program such that the slice produces the same behavior as the mobile computing program; and

determining data flow between the screens, wherein the subset of screens is determined based on data flow dependencies between the screens associated with the behavior.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the identified screens are correlated with states of a finite state machine graph, and wherein the identified screens are represented as nodes in the graph and data flow is represented as edges of the graph.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, the method further comprising identifying an element of the screen associated with the behavior.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the screens are rendered on a graphical user interface of a computing device.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the mobile computing program is to be implemented:

on a mobile computing device;

as an enterprise application;

as;

a web application;

or

any combination thereof.