Abstract: A method and system for automated source code formatting is described. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a method of automatically reformatting a source file stored in a database accessible by more than one user, wherein each source file stored in the database is stored in a standard file format. The method comprises selecting a source file from the database, identifying a first definition file specifying a user-preferred file format, reformatting the selected source file from the standard file format to the user-preferred format, and subsequently re-reformatting the reformatted selected file in the standard file format.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting and resolving unnecessary source module dependencies is described. One embodiment comprises a method of removing unnecessary preprocessor directives from a source module, wherein each of the preprocessor directives references a header file included in the source module, the method comprising removing from the source module a designated header file, subsequent to the removing, attempting to compile the source module, and responsive to a successful attempt to compile the source file, deeming the designated header file unnecessary.

Abstract: A system and method for data mining a source code base, such as a Unix kernel, to obtain module interface information, thereby facilitating “modularization” of the code base is described. In one exemplary configuration, the invention is an extraction tool that extracts from a source code base exported programming interfaces for a given set of files defined as a module and produces a flat-data file of the extracted interfaces. The flat-data file is easily manipulable by other programs to extract specified data or generate reports, for example.