Version compatibility

• US 9,678,728 B1
• Filed: 03/29/2012
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EMC International Company (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC International Company (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Solan, Alex, Cohen, Saar, Natanzon, Assaf, Shemer (UDI), Jehuda, Shasha, Nir, Pantofaro, Ron
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhen, Wei
• Assistant Examiner(s): Morshed, Hossain
• Application Number:
  US13/434,425
• Time in Patent Office: 1,902 Days
• Field of Search: 717160, 717140, 717159
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/443 Optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/447 Target code generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

A method, system, and program product for creating compatibility between two program interfaces comprising determining differences the interfaces; and generating code to create a compatibility layer between the first interface and second interface based on the differences between the interfaces.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for creating compatibility between a program interface for a first version of a software program and a second interface for a second version of the software program:

determining differences between first interface for the first version of the software program and second interface for the second version of the software program using metadata of the first interface;

wherein the differences denote incompatibilities between the first interface of the software and the second interface of the software; and

generating code to create a compatibility layer, independent of and enabled to be communicatively coupled to the first interface of a first instance of the first version of the software program and the second interface of a second instance of the second version software program based on the differences between the interfaces, wherein the compatibility layer enables communication between the first interface of the first version of the software program and the second interface of the second version of the software program to overcome a first set of incompatibilities between the first interface of the software and the second interface of the software by translating a communication of the first interface to a communication of the second interface;

wherein generation of the compatibility layer includes compiling a definition file from the first version of the software program with the second version of the software program to create functional interfaces that match the first version;

compiling the code of the compatibility layer;

wherein each of a second set of incompatibilities between the first interface of the software and the second interface of the software generates a respective error in the compiling of the code of the compatibility layer;

identifying the respective errors from the compiling of the code of the compatibility layer; and

creating a fix to overcome the second set of incompatibilities corresponding to the respective errors generated during the compilation of the compatibility layer to enable the compatibility layer to convert communication between the first interface and the second interface to enable the first version of the software program to communicate with the second version of the software program by using the compatibility layer as a proxy between versions of the software.

2. The method of claim 1

wherein the complication of the compatibility layer code is generated from a definitions file of a previous version of the software program;

wherein converting communication between versions of the software program includes determining the version of the interface of the software program sending the request and determining the version of the interface of the software receiving the request.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the compatibility layer enables conversion between data type and functional type differences between two interfaces of two versions of the software program.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the compatibility layer further enables conversion between transport conversions for different version of the software program.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein at least one transport conversion is selected from the group consisting of serialization and transfer protocol.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining differences between a third interface for a third version of the software and the first interface for the first version of the software;

determining differences between the second interface for the second version of the software using metadata of the third interface for the third version of the software and the second interface for the second version of the software; and

generating code for the compatibility layer for compatibility between the third interface and the first interface and generating further code for the compatibility layer for compatibility between the second interface and the third interface, wherein the generating is based on the differences between the interfaces, wherein the compatibility layer enables communication between the first interface for the first version of the software and the second interface for the second version of the software;

the first interface for the first version of the software and the third interface for the third version of the software, and the second interface for the second version of the software and the third interface for the third version of the software;

compiling the code of the compatibility layer;

wherein each incompatibility between the third interface and each of the first interface and second interface generates a respective error in the compiling of the code;

identifying the respective errors from the compiling of the code of the compatibility layer; and

creating a fix for the respective errors generated during the compilation to enable the compatibility layer to convert communication between the third interface and each of the first interface and the second interface.

7. The method of claim 1 where the metadata is the definition file for the code of the first interface and wherein the second interface is compiled with the definition file of the first interface to generate the errors.

8. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer executable program code, the code configured to enable the execution of;

determining differences between a first interface for a first version of a software program and a second interface for a second version of the software program using metadata of the first interface;

wherein the differences denote incompatibilities between the first interface of the software and the second interface of the software; and

generating code to create a compatibility layer, independent of and enabled to be communicatively coupled to the first interface of a first instance of the first version of the software program and the second interface of a second instance of the second version software program, based on the differences between the interfaces, wherein the compatibility layer enables communication between the first interface of the first version of the software program and the second interface of the second version of the software program to overcome a first set of incompatibilities between the first interface of the software and the second interface of the software by translating a communication of the first interface to a communication of the second interface;

wherein generation of the compatibility layer includes compiling a definition file from the first version of the software program with the second version of the software program to create functional interfaces that match the first version;

compiling the code of the compatibility layer;

wherein each of a second set of incompatibilities between the first interface of the software and the second interface of the software generates a respective error in the compiling of the code of the compatibility layer;

identifying the respective errors from the compiling of the code of the compatibility layer; and

creating a fix to overcome the second set of incompatibilities corresponding to the respective errors generated during the compilation of the compatibility layer to enable the compatibility layer to convert communication between the first interface and the second interface to enable the first version of the software program to communicate with the second version of the software program by using the compatibility layer as a proxy between versions of the software.

9. The computer product of claim 8 wherein the complication of the compatibility layer code is generated from a definitions file of a previous version of the software program;

wherein converting communication between version of the software program includes determining the version of the interface of the software program sending the request and determining the version of the interface of the software receiving the request.

10. The computer product of claim 8 wherein the compatibility layer enables conversion between data type and functional type differences between two interfaces of two versions of the software program.

11. The computer product of claim 10 wherein the compatibility layer further enables conversion between transport conversions for two versions of the software program.

12. The computer product of claim 11 wherein at least one transport conversion is selected from the group consisting of serialization and transfer protocol.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, the code further configured to enable the execution of:

determining differences between a third interface for a third version of the software and the first interface for the first version of the software;

determining differences between the second interface using metadata of the third interface for the third version of the software and the second interface for the second version of the software; and

generating code for the compatibility layer for compatibility between the third interface and the first interface and generating further code for the compatibility layer for compatibility between the second interface and the third interface, wherein the generating is based on the differences between the interfaces, wherein the compatibility layer enables communication between the first interface for the first version of the software and the second interface for the second version of the software;

the first interface for the first version of the software and the third interface for the third version of the software, and the second interface for the second version of the software and the third interface for the third version of the software;

compiling the code of the compatibility layer;

wherein each incompatibility between the third interface and each of the first interface and second interface generates a respective error in the compiling of the code;

identifying the respective errors from the compiling of the code of the compatibility layer; and

creating a fix for the respective errors generated during the compilation to enable the compatibility layer to convert communication between the third interface and each of the first interface and the second interface.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 where the metadata is the definition file for the code of the first interface and wherein the second interface is compiled with the definition file of the first interface to generate the errors.

15. A system comprising:

a first interface for a first version of a software program defined by a first definition file;

a second interface for a second version of the software program defined by a second interface file; and

computer-executable logic operating in memory, wherein the computer-executable program logic is configured for execution of;

determining differences between the first interface for a first version of the software program and the second interface for the second version of the software program using metadata of the first interface;

wherein the differences denote incompatibilities between the first interface of the software and the second interface of the software; and

generating code to create a compatibility layer, independent of and enabled to be communicatively coupled to the first interface of a first instance of the first version of the software program and the second interface of a second instance of the second version software program, based on the differences between the interfaces, wherein the compatibility layer enables communication between the first interface of the first version of the software program and the second interface of the second version of the software program to overcome a first set of incompatibilities between the first interface of the software and the second interface of the software by translating a communication of the first interface to a communication of the second interface;

wherein generation of the compatibility layer includes compiling a definition file from the first version of the software program with the second version of the software program to create functional interfaces that match the first version,

compiling the code of the compatibility layer wherein each of a second set of incompatibilities between the first interface of the software and the second interface of the software generates a respective error in the compiling of the code of the compatibility layer;

identifying the respective errors from the compiling of the code of the compatibility layer; and

creating a fix to overcome the second set of incompatibilities corresponding to the respective errors generated during the compilation of the compatibility layer to enable the compatibility layer to convert communication between the first interface and the second interface to enable the first version of the software program to communicate with the second version of the software program by using the compatibility layer as a proxy between versions of the software.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the complication of the compatibility layer code is generated from a definitions file of a previous version of the software program;

wherein converting communication between versions of the software program includes determining the version of the interface of the software program sending the request and determining the version of the interface of the software receiving the request.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the compatibility layer enables conversion between data type and functional type differences between two interfaces of two versions of the software program.

18. The computer product of claim 17 wherein the compatibility layer further enables conversion between transport conversions for two versions of the software program.

19. The computer product of claim 18 wherein at least one transport conversion is selected from the group consisting of serialization and transfer protocol.

20. The system of claim 15 the computer-executable program logic further configured for execution of:

determining differences between a third interface for a third version of the software and the first interface for the first version of the software;

determining differences between the second interface for the second version of the software using metadata of the third interface for the third version of the software and using metadata of the second interface for the second version of the software; and

generating code for the compatibility layer for compatibility between the third interface and the first interface and generating further code for the compatibility layer for compatibility between the second interface and the third interface, wherein the generating is based on the differences between the interfaces, wherein the compatibility layer enables communication between the first interface for the first version of the software and the second interface for the second version of the software;

the first interface for the first version of the software and the third interface for the third version of the software, and the second interface for the second version of the software and the third interface for the third version of the software;

compiling the code of the compatibility layer;

wherein each incompatibility between the third interface and each of the first interface and second interface generates a respective error in the compiling of the code;

identifying the respective errors from the compiling of the code of the compatibility layer; and

creating a fix for the respective errors generated during the compilation to enable the compatibility layer to convert communication between the third interface and each of the first interface and the second interface.