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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To explain a facility for augmenting the software of a target computer system. SOLUTION: The facility receives augmentation specification in the target computer system. The augmentation specification specifies: (a) a function to be augmented, (b) the parameter of a function to be tested, (c) a test to be applied to the specified parameter, and (d) modification to be executed to the behavior of the function when the specified test is not satisfied by the specified parameter. When the specified function is invoked on the target computer system, if the specified test is not satisfied by the specified parameter, the facility performs the specified modification to the behavior of the specified function. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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