Monitoring stylistic preferences of source code in integrated development environments

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12541343-B2
Application number	US-202318098000-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2023
Priority date	Jan 17, 2023
Publication date	Feb 3, 2026
Grant date	Feb 3, 2026

Abstract

Systems and methods for identifying, marking, or modifying source code non-compliant with stylistic preferences in an integrated development environment (IDE). An example method may comprise determining, by a processing device executing an integrated development environment (IDE), a programming language of a source code being processed by the IDE; identifying, from a plurality of style profiles, a style profile for the programming language of the source code; and for each portion of the source code, determining whether a respective portion of the source code complies with the style profile.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
determining, by a processing device executing an integrated development environment (IDE), a programming language of a source code being processed by the IDE, wherein determining the programming language further comprises determining a version of the programming language; identifying, from a plurality of style profiles, a style profile for the version of the programming language of the source code comprising:
a set of language-specific syntax rules that define a use of characters for the source code; and
a set of language-agnostic stylistic rules that define stylistic preferences for the source code;
for each portion of the source code, determining whether a respective portion of the source code complies with the style profile; responsive to determining that a first portion of the source code fails to comply with the style profile, modifying the first portion of the source code to comply with the style profile; and responsive to modifying the first portion of the source code to comply with the style profile, providing the source code for integration in a code base associated with the source code.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each style profile of the plurality of style profiles corresponds to one of: a programming language or a version of a programming language.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of language-specific syntax rules comprises a rule that defines the use of at least one of: white spaces, empty lines, special characters, or predetermined characters in the source code.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method comprises, responsive to determining that the first portion of the source code does not comply with the style profile, marking the first portion of the source code.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein marking the first portion of the source code includes highlighting the first portion or underlining the first portion in the IDE.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of language-agnostic stylistic rules defines a collection of incorrect versions of collections of characters.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein modifying the first portion of the source code to comply with the style profile comprises:
determining that the first portion of the source code includes an incorrect version of a particular collection of characters included in the source code; determining that the set of language-agnostic stylistic rules does not define the incorrect version of the particular collection of characters; and modifying the set of language-agnostic stylistic rules to add the incorrect version of the particular collection of characters.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the first portion of the source code to comply with the style profile comprises:
determining whether the first portion of the source code fails to comply with the set of language-specific syntax rules and/or the set of language-agnostic stylistic rules.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein modifying the first portion of the source code to comply with the style profile further comprises:
marking, in the IDE, the first portion of the source code with a particular color, the particular color selected based on whether the first portion of the source code fails to comply with the set of language-specific syntax rules, the set of language-agnostic stylistic rules, or both the set of language-specific syntax rules and the set of language-agnostic stylistic rules.

10 . A system comprising:
a memory device; and a processing device executing an integrated development environment (IDE), operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations comprising: determining a programming language of a source code being processed by the IDE, wherein determining the programming language further comprises determining a version of the programming language; identifying a style profile for the version of the programming language of the source code, wherein the style profile comprises:
a set of language-specific syntax rules that define a use of characters for the source code; and
a set of language-agnostic stylistic rules that define stylistic preferences for the source code;
for each portion of the source code, determining whether a respective portion of the source code complies with the style profile;
responsive to determining that a first portion of the source code fails to comply with the style profile, modifying the first portion of the source code to comply with the style profile; and
responsive to modifying the first portion of the source code to comply with the style profile, providing the source code for integration in a code base associated with the source code.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein, prior to modifying the first portion of the source code, the operations comprise:
responsive to determining that the first portion of the source code fails to comply with the style profile, marking the first portion of the source code.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the style profile is one of a plurality of style profiles.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the set of language-specific syntax rules comprises a rule that defines the use of at least one of: white spaces, empty lines, special characters, or predetermined characters in the source code.

14 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device executing an integrated development environment (IDE), cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
determining a programming language of a source code being processed by the IDE, wherein determining the programming language further comprises determining a version of the programming language; identifying a style profile for the version of the programming language of the source code, the style profile comprising:
a set of language-specific syntax rules that define a use of characters for the source code; and
a set of language-agnostic stylistic rules that define stylistic preferences for the source code;
for each portion of the source code, determining whether a respective portion of the source code complies with the style profile; responsive to determining that a first portion of the source code fails to comply with the style profile, modifying the first portion of the source code to comply with the style profile; and responsive to modifying the first portion of the source code to comply with the style profile, providing the source code for integration in a code base associated with the source code.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14 , wherein, prior to modifying the first portion of the source code, the processing device performs operations comprising:
marking the first portion of the source code.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14 , wherein the style profile is one of a plurality of style profiles.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14 , wherein the set of language-specific syntax rules comprises a rule that defines the use of at least one of: white spaces, empty lines, special characters, or predetermined characters in the source code.

Assignees

• Red Hat Inc

Inventors

• Kuris Eran
• Talmor Avraham Avi

Classifications

• G06F8/74

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

• G06F8/31 Primary

  Programming languages or programming paradigms · CPC title

• G06F8/33 Primary

  Intelligent editors · CPC title