Managing reusable artifacts using placeholders
First Claim
1. A method of managing reusable artifacts, comprising:
- responsive to receiving a request to create a placeholder for a reusable artifact representing a reusable unit, using a processor, creating the placeholder for an appropriate version of the reusable artifact within a container and assigning a first parameter identifying the reusable artifact to an artifact property of the placeholder, wherein the placeholder further comprises a branch property configured to indicate a first null value or a second parameter identifying a branch of the reusable artifact corresponding to a particular variant of the reusable artifact, and a version property configured to indicate a second null value or a third parameter identifying a particular version of the reusable artifact;
responsive to receiving a request to pin a particular version of the reusable artifact to the placeholder, updating a version property of the placeholder to set the version, wherein the request to pin is implemented by assigning a value to a parameter in the placeholder or adding a pin property into the placeholder; and
maintaining the particular version as the set version of the reusable artifact regardless of whether new artifact versions are created for the reusable artifact.
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Abstract
Arrangements described herein relate to managing reusable artifacts. Responsive to receiving a request to create a placeholder for a reusable artifact representing a reusable unit, the placeholder for an appropriate version of the reusable artifact is created within a container and a first parameter identifying the reusable artifact is assigned to an artifact property of the placeholder. The placeholder further includes a branch property configured to indicate a first null value or a second parameter identifying a branch of the reusable artifact corresponding to a particular variant of the reusable artifact, and a version property configured to indicate a second null value or a third parameter identifying a particular version of the reusable artifact.
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1. A method of managing reusable artifacts, comprising:
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responsive to receiving a request to create a placeholder for a reusable artifact representing a reusable unit, using a processor, creating the placeholder for an appropriate version of the reusable artifact within a container and assigning a first parameter identifying the reusable artifact to an artifact property of the placeholder, wherein the placeholder further comprises a branch property configured to indicate a first null value or a second parameter identifying a branch of the reusable artifact corresponding to a particular variant of the reusable artifact, and a version property configured to indicate a second null value or a third parameter identifying a particular version of the reusable artifact; responsive to receiving a request to pin a particular version of the reusable artifact to the placeholder, updating a version property of the placeholder to set the version, wherein the request to pin is implemented by assigning a value to a parameter in the placeholder or adding a pin property into the placeholder; and maintaining the particular version as the set version of the reusable artifact regardless of whether new artifact versions are created for the reusable artifact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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