Generating a product model

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10318937-B2
Application number	US-201514945491-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2015
Priority date	Nov 27, 2014
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

An aspect of generating a product model includes extracting from source code of an application system at least one transaction definition associated with the source code. Each transaction definition describes a transaction in a product implemented by the source code. An aspect also includes dividing the transaction definition into one or more product categories, and obtaining a product component associated with one of the product categories from the source code so as to generate the product model. The product component includes at least one product parameter associated with the product category, and the product model includes an association relationship between the product category and the at least one product parameter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for generating a product model from an application system, comprising:
extracting, by a computer processor from source code of a first application system developed using a procedure-oriented programming language, at least one transaction definition associated with the source code, each transaction definition of the at least one transaction definition describing a transaction in a product implemented by the source code of the first application system;
dividing, by the computer processor, the at least one transaction definition into at least one product category;
selecting from transaction code in the source code of the first application system at least one variable parameter associated with a transaction definition in the current product category based on a call of the variable parameter in the source code of the first application system;
building the product component from the at least one variable parameter by analyzing a data definition in the source code of the first application system;
generating the product model based on the current product category and the product component;
and
migrating, by the computer processor, the first application system to a second application system using the product model, wherein the second application system is developed using an object-oriented programming language;
wherein the product component comprises at least one product parameter associated with the product category, and the product model includes an association relationship between the product category and the at least one product parameter,
wherein the product component is generated at least in part by clustering a plurality of product parameters according to a common product component and a deposit product component; and
wherein deposit product component represents various transaction definitions associated with a deposit product.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the extracting from source code of an application system at least one transaction definition associated with the source code comprises:
extracting the at least one transaction definition based on a logic process defined in the transaction code in the source code.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the dividing the at least one transaction definition into at least one product category comprises:
dividing the at least one transaction definition into the at least one product category based on a call of the logic process in the transaction code of the source code.

4. An apparatus for generating a product model from an application system, comprising:
a memory having computer readable instructions; and
a processor for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions including:
extracting from source code of a first application system developed using a procedure-oriented programming language at least one transaction definition associated with the source code, each transaction definition of the at least one transaction definition describing a transaction in a product implemented by the source code of the first application system;
dividing the at least one transaction definition into at least one product category; and
with respect to a current product category of the at least one product category, selecting from transaction code in the source code of the first application system at least one variable parameter associated with a transaction definition in the current product category based on a call of the variable parameter in the source code of the first application system;
building the product component from the at least one variable parameter by analyzing a data definition in the source code of the first application system;
generating the product model based on the current product category and the product component;
and
migrating the first application system to a second application system using the product model, wherein the second application system is developed using an object-oriented programming language;
wherein the product component comprises at least one product parameter associated with the product category, and the product model includes an association relationship between the product category and the at least one product parameter,
wherein the product component is generated at least in part by clustering a plurality of product parameters according to a common product component and a deposit product component, and
wherein deposit product component represents various transaction definitions associated with a deposit product.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the selecting from transaction code in the source code at least one variable parameter associated with a transaction definition in the current product category comprises:
in response to there existing a call of the at least one variable parameter in the transaction code in the source code, selecting the at least one variable parameter.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the building the product component from the at least one variable parameter by analyzing the data definition in the source code comprises:
determining a product parameter represented by each variable parameter of the at least one variable parameter based on a definition of the at least one variable parameter in the data definition; and
constructing the product component based on the product parameter.

7. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the extracting from source code of an application system at least one transaction definition associated with the source code comprises:
extracting the at least one transaction definition based on a logic process defined in the transaction code in the source code.

8. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer processor to cause the computer processor to perform a method comprising:
extracting from source code of a first application system developed using a procedure-oriented programming language, at least one transaction definition associated with the source code, each transaction definition of the at least one transaction definition describing a transaction in a product implemented by the source code of the first application system;
dividing the at least one transaction definition into at least one product category; and
with respect to a current product category of the at least one product category, selecting from transaction code in the source code of the first application system at least one variable parameter associated with a transaction definition in the current product category based on a call of the variable parameter in the source code of the first application system;
building the product component from the at least one variable parameter by analyzing a data definition in the source code of the first application system;
generating the product model based on the current product category and the product component;
migrating a legacy, the first application system to a modern second application system using the product model, wherein the second application system is developed using an object-oriented programming language;
wherein the product component includes at least one product parameter associated with the product category, and the product model includes an association relationship between the product category and the at least one product parameter,
wherein the product component is generated at least in part by clustering a plurality of product parameters according to a common product component and a deposit product component, and
wherein deposit product component represe

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Bai Lin
• Dong Na
• Gong Ling
• Liu Ying
• Wang Xi Ning
• Zhang Ming M

Classifications

• G06Q10/067

  Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06Q20/10 Primary

  specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems · CPC title

• G06Q20/405

  Establishing or using transaction specific rules · CPC title

• G06Q30/0621

  by configuring or customising goods or services · CPC title

• G06F8/74

  Reverse engineering; Extracting design information from source code · CPC title