公开(公告)号：US09098624B1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-04

申请号：US13713424

申请日：2012-12-13

Applicant: Dell Software Inc.

Inventor： Steven Eric Feuerstein ,  Leonid Khukhlovich

IPC: G06F9/44 ,  G06F11/36

CPC classification number: G06F11/3624

Abstract: A method for accessing variables in an application is described. The method includes accessing application source code and parsing the application source code to identify a set of variables. For each variable from the set of variables, the method can include determining a variable type of the variable. In response to determining that the variable type is a complex variable, the method can include parsing the complex variable, which can include repeating the method for each variable of the complex variable. In response to determining that the variable is associated with a database, the method can include resolving a variable name and determining whether the variable exists in a data dictionary associated with the database. The method can further include determining metadata associated with the variable based, at least in part, on the variable type. The variable type and metadata of the variable can then be presented to a user.

Abstract translation: 描述了一种在应用程序中访问变量的方法。 该方法包括访问应用程序源代码和解析应用程序源代码以识别一组变量。 对于变量集合中的每个变量，该方法可以包括确定变量的变量类型。 响应于确定变量类型是复杂变量，该方法可以包括解析复变量，其可以包括对复数变量的每个变量重复该方法。 响应于确定变量与数据库相关联，该方法可以包括解析变量名称并确定该变量是否存在于与数据库相关联的数据字典中。 该方法还可以包括至少部分地基于变量类型确定与该变量相关联的元数据。 然后可以将变量的变量类型和元数据呈现给用户。