Patent ID: 9158538
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A user-extensible rule-based tool for modifying source code of a software application suitable to run on a source platform to be ported to a target platform, comprising: a rule definition interface configured to provide access for end users to establish rules for porting the source code to the target platform so that the software application can run on the target platform and to specify the relative location as one of a line before, a same line, and a same file, wherein the rule definition interface provides different templates to match different language constructs for different languages supported for the source code and the rules identify the relative location of each of the different lines of source code to be modified based upon a position of each of the different lines relative to other lines of source code; a processor configured to a user interface for the end users to select modifications from the suggested modifications and apply the selected modifications to the source code.