Method and apparatus for identifying dynamic structure and indirect messaging relationships between processes

摘要

A system and method for identifying indirect messaging relationships between software process. Within a source code repository, all occurrences of calls to interface procedures are identified together with communications objects to which these calls pertain. Each interface procedure call is categorized as either a “send” or a “receive” interface procedure call. A relationship is identified when a pair of interface procedure calls are located which pertain to the same communications object and one of the pair has a “send” type and the other of the pair has a “receive” type. By identifying pairs of this type, relationships between hierarchical software entities which contain the interface procedure calls are also simultaneously identified. Each relationship thus identified is mapped onto one or more inter-process indirect messaging relationships.