Predicting the impact of change on events detected in application logic

摘要

A search facility is used to predict the impact of change on events detected in application logic, where the change may involve a computing resource used by or referenced by the application logic and/or by event detection logic. The search may be performed prior to making a change, in order to judge potential impact of the change, or after the change has been made. The search makes the prediction by evaluating semantics of conditions that specify when and/or and how an event will be detected at run-time.

主权项

1. A system for predicting impact of change on event detection,
comprising: a computer comprising a processor; and instructions which are executable, using the processor, to implement functions comprising: obtaining search input describing a changed computing resource, wherein: the changed computing resource comprises a data object used by an application program; and the search input comprises a resource name of the changed computing resource; and programmatically evaluating each of at least one event detection specification, the event detection specification specifying a set of one or more conditions that when matched indicate occurrence of an event that corresponds to the event detection specification, to predict whether the changed computing resource will impact event detection, by the event detection specification, at run time, the programmatic evaluation comprising searching the set of one or more conditions specified in the event detection specification to determine whether the named resource is used therein.