Abstract: Techniques to perform code separation with semantic guarantees are described. When porting a software application to a different target architecture and potentially to a different set of platforms and programming languages, application functionality will change based at least to accommodate architectural differences. However, business logic should be guaranteed to be semantically preserved, efficiency optimized to the platform benefits and limitations. Code separation identifies candidate components, associates the candidate components with a component classification or type, and automates the determining of which of the candidate components are to be associated with various portions of the target architecture. Automated code separation may include various inference algorithms to determine which components are to be associated with a component type. Also described are various use cases for code separation.

Abstract: Techniques to automatically port applications to a mobile infrastructure using code separation with semantic guarantees are disclosed. Porting enterprise applications from to a target architecture another is effected via separating code into constituent layers of the target architecture. To preserve semantics, code transformations are enforced via an abstract syntax tree structure. The generated code may have various code wrappers and/or infrastructure elements so the ported application will operate in the target architecture. Various techniques are disclosed regarding specific code wrappers and/or infrastructure elements to address operating issues including, but not limited to, architectural issues, network latency, framework changes, regulatory issues.

Abstract: Techniques to automate the transformation of an application involving programming language constructs from a composite of source grammars to a composite of target grammars, while maintaining the fidelity of the program semantics and functionality, or extending or changing it to explode the capabilities and avoid the limitations of new technologies are disclosed. The different stages of the transformation are persisted in an annotated abstract syntax tree where the annotations represent semantic preserving transformation rules. The abstract syntax tree is then transformed according to the transformational rules. The transformed abstract syntax tree may then be traversed to generate a new translated source code application or be queried to generate output reports. Alternatively, the transformed abstract syntax tree may be subjected to another transformation as part of a chain of transformations.

Abstract: Systems for creating, generating, distributing and applying self-contained modifications (i.e., changes) to source code are described herein. At least some embodiments include a system including a client computer with processing logic, a storage device (including source code files), and a communication interface. The interface receives a container file including a transformation including a search pattern that identifies source code segments, and transformation instructions that modify the source code based at least partially on identified code segments. Processing logic software searches a representation of the source code for search pattern occurrences, and identifies the source code segments that include elements with structure and relationships that are matched by the corresponding elements represented by the search pattern.

Abstract: Techniques to automate the transformation of an application involving programming language constructs from a composite of source grammars to a composite of target grammars, while maintaining the fidelity of the program semantics and functionality, or extending or changing it to explode the capabilities and avoid the limitations of new technologies are disclosed. The different stages of the transformation are persisted in an annotated abstract syntax tree where the annotations represent semantic preserving transformation rules. The abstract syntax tree is then transformed according to the transformational rules. The transformed abstract syntax tree may then be traversed to generate a new translated source code application or be queried to generate output reports. Alternatively, the transformed abstract syntax tree may be subjected to another transformation as part of a chain of transformations.

Abstract: Techniques to perform code separation with semantic guarantees are described. When porting a software application to a different target architecture and potentially to a different set of platforms and programming languages, application functionality will change based at least to accommodate architectural differences. However, business logic should be guaranteed to be semantically preserved, efficiency optimized to the platform benefits and limitations. Code separation identifies candidate components, associates the candidate components with a component classification or type, and automates the determining of which of the candidate components are to be associated with various portions of the target architecture. Automated code separation may include various inference algorithms to determine which components are to be associated with a component type. Also described are various use cases for code separation.

Abstract: Techniques to automatically port applications to a mobile infrastructure using code separation with semantic guarantees are disclosed. Porting enterprise applications from to a target architecture another is effected via separating code into constituent layers of the target architecture. To preserve semantics, code transformations are enforced via an abstract syntax tree structure. The generated code may have various code wrappers and/or infrastructure elements so the ported application will operate in the target architecture. Various techniques are disclosed regarding specific code wrappers and/or infrastructure elements to address operating issues including, but not limited to, architectural issues, network latency, framework changes, regulatory issues.

Abstract: Systems for creating, generating, distributing and applying self-contained modifications (i.e., changes) to source code are described herein. At least some embodiments include a system including a client computer with processing logic, a storage device (including source code files), and a communication interface. The interface receives a container file including a transformation including a search pattern that identifies source code segments, and transformation instructions that modify the source code based at least partially on identified code segments. Processing logic software searches a representation of the source code for search pattern occurrences, and identifies the source code segments that include elements with structure and relationships that are matched by the corresponding elements represented by the search pattern.