Depicting changes to structures in an integrated development environment

• US 8,276,118 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2008
• Issued: 09/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Clement, Andrew Simon, Webster, Matthew Alexander, Chapman, Matthew P., Hawkins, Helen Louise, January, Sian Suzanne
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAYIM, SAMUEL E
• Application Number:
  US12/037,640
• Publication Number:
  US 20080235660A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,673 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 717/113
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/194 Calculation of difference between files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/33 Intelligent editors

Abstract

Operating an integrated development environment in a data processing system comprising running a source code editor, displaying source code in a graphical interface of the source code editor, displaying at least one cross-reference marker, the at least one cross-reference marker indicating crosscutting in the source code, receiving an input, changing one or more cross-reference markers, and highlighting the one or more changed cross-reference marker.

Claims

1. A method of operating a data processing system comprising:

the data processing system running a source code editor;

displaying a source code of a project in a graphical interface of the source code editor;

displaying at least one cross-reference marker, the at least one cross-reference marker indicating crosscutting in the source code;

receiving an input to change the source code;

the data processing system determining if a new project build is required;

in response to determining a new project build is required, building the project;

changing at least one cross-reference marker in response to receiving the input to change the source code;

highlighting the at least one changed cross-reference marker, and including with the highlighting a symbol that enables tracking of a type of change being highlighted by the highlighting, wherein the symbol provides an indication whether the at least one changed cross-reference marker is an addition or deletion, wherein a plus symbol is used to indicate the addition of a new cross-reference marker and a minus symbol is used to indicate the deletion of a cross-reference marker;

determining whether there is an existing map of crosscutting in the source code; and

in response to determining an existing map exists, saving the existing map as a prior map.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating a map of crosscutting in the source code; and

comparing a current state of the project against one or more prior states of the project.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

responsive to receipt of the input to change the source code, determining new crosscutting in the source code.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the source code includes a plurality of aspects according to an aspect-oriented language, and wherein the at least one cross-reference marker indicates aspect matching.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the changing the at least one cross-reference marker and the highlighting the at least one changed cross-reference marker includes deleting a cross-reference marker and highlighting the deleted cross-reference marker.

6. A data processing system comprising:

one or more user interface devices,

a processor; and

a source code editor executing on the processor having a logic embodied therein that;

displays source code of a project in a graphical interface of the source code editor;

displays at least one cross-reference marker, the at least one cross-reference marker indicating crosscutting in the source code;

receives an input to change the source code;

determines if a new project build is required;

in response to determining a new project build is required, builds the project;

change the at least one cross-reference marker in response to receiving the input to change the source code;

highlights the at least one changed cross-reference marker and includes with the highlighting a symbol that enables tracking of a type of change being highlighted by the highlighting, wherein the symbol provides an indication whether the at least one changed cross-reference marker is an addition or deletion, wherein a plus symbol is used to indicate the addition of a new cross-reference marker and a minus symbol is used to indicate the deletion of a cross-reference marker;

determines whether there is an existing map of crosscutting in the source code; and

in response to determining an existing map exists, saving the existing map as a prior map.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the source code editor further comprising logic that:

generates a map of crosscutting in the source code; and

compares a current state of the project against one or more prior states of the project.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the source code editor further comprising logic that:

responsive to receipt of the input to change the source code, to determine new crosscutting in the source code.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the source code includes a plurality of aspects according to an aspect-oriented language, and wherein the at least one cross-reference marker indicates aspect matching.

10. The system of claims 6, wherein the source code editor further comprising logic that:

deletes the cross-reference marker; and

highlights the deleted cross-reference marker.

11. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage memory having computer instructions embodied therein for operating a data processing system, the instructions comprising computer instructions for:

running a source code editor;

displaying a source code of a project in a graphical interface of the source code editor;

displaying at least one cross-reference marker, the at least one cross-reference marker indicating crosscutting in the source code;

receiving an input to change the source code;

the data processing system determining if a new project build is required;

determining a new project build is required, building the project;

changing at least one cross-reference marker in response to receiving the input to change the source code;

highlighting the at least one changed cross-reference marker and including with the highlighting a symbol that enables tracking of a type of change being highlighted by the highlighting, wherein the symbol provides an indication whether the at least one changed cross-reference marker is an addition or deletion, wherein a plus symbol is used to indicate the addition of a new cross-reference marker, and a minus symbol is used to indicate the deletion of a cross-reference marker;

determining whether there is an existing map of crosscutting in the source code; and

in response to determining an existing map exists, saving the existing map as a prior map.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising computer instructions for:

generating a map of crosscutting in the source code; and

comparing a current state of the project against one or more prior states of the project.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising computer instructions for:

responsive to receipt of the input to change the source code, determining new crosscutting in the source code.

14. The computer program product of claims 11, wherein the source code includes a plurality of aspects according to an aspect-oriented language, and wherein the at least one cross-reference marker indicates aspect matching.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein:

the computer instructions for changing the at least one cross-reference marker and highlighting the at least one changed cross-reference marker further include computer instructions for deleting a cross-reference marker and for highlighting the deleted cross-reference marker.