Method and apparatus for automatically determining optimum...

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2007-06-26

2007-06-26

Dam, Tuan (Department: 2192)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

Translation of code

C717S151000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10226871

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for automatically determining optimum placement of privileged code enablement locations in existing code are provided. A method invocation graph of existing code is generated and a static analysis of the method invocation graph is performed. The static analysis is used to analyze the permission propagation through chains of method invocations in the method invocation graph. When a method invocation in the method invocation graph satisfies one or more user definable criteria, the location in the method invocation graph is saved to a file that identifies recommended insertion points for a call to the authorization enablement code. This file may then be used to manually review the code to determine if a call to privileged mode enablement should actually be made at the identified locations. Alternatively, the call to privileged mode enablement may be automatically inserted at the indicated locations using refactoring.

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