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App. No. 19/121,716

IMPACT ANALYSIS APPARATUS, IMPACT ANALYSIS METHOD AND PROGRAM

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19/121,716
Abstract

An impact analysis device acquires a list of method information related to a difference between a new version of a library and an old version of the library, based on a source code of the new version of the library and a source code of the old version of the library; extracts, from the list, a first difference related to a method existing in a first call graph of software that uses the old version of the library; extracts, from the list, a second difference related to a method added to a second call graph of the software that uses the new version of the library; extracts a set of method information of a caller of a transition added to the second call graph in comparison with the first call graph; and outputs a union of the first difference, the second difference, and the set, thereby enhancing support for determining a likelihood that a library update could affect operations of software.

Claims (26)

1 . An impact analysis device comprising:

acquiring a list of method information related to a difference between a new version of a library and an old version of the library, based on a source code of the new version of the library and a source code of the old version of the library;

extracting, from the list, a first difference related to a method existing in a first call graph of software that uses the old version of the library;

extracting, from the list, a second difference related to a method added to a second call graph of the software that uses the new version of the library;

extracting a set of method information of a caller of a transition added to the second call graph in comparison with the first call graph; and

output a union of the first difference, the second difference, and the set.

2 . The impact analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein the difference between the new version of the library and the old version of the library is a difference between an abstract syntax tree of the new version of the library and an abstract syntax tree of the old version of the library.

3 . The impact analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein the method information is information including a class name and a method name of the method.

4 . An impact analysis method causing a computer to execute, the method comprising:

acquiring a list of method information related to a difference between a new version of a library and an old version of the library, based on a source code of the new version of the library and a source code of the old version of the library;

extracting, from the list, a first difference related to a method existing in a first call graph of software that uses the old version of the library;

extracting, from the list, a second difference related to a method added to a second call graph of the software that uses the new version of the library;

extracting a set of method information of a caller of a transition added to the second call graph in comparison with the first call graph; and

outputting a union of the first difference, the second difference, and the set.

5 . A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing computer-executable program instructions that when executed by a processor cause a computer to execute an impact analysis method comprising:

acquiring a list of method information related to a difference between a new version of a library and an old version of the library, based on a source code of the new version of the library and a source code of the old version of the library;

extracting, from the list, a first difference related to a method existing in a first call graph of software that uses the old version of the library;

extracting, from the list, a second difference related to a method added to a second call graph of the software that uses the new version of the library;

extracting a set of method information of a caller of a transition added to the second call graph in comparison with the first call graph; and

outputting a union of the first difference, the second difference, and the set.

6 . The impact analysis method according to claim 4 , wherein the difference between the new version of the library and the old version of the library is a difference between an abstract syntax tree of the new version of the library and an abstract syntax tree of the old version of the library.

7 . The impact analysis method according to claim 4 , wherein the method information is information including a class name and a method name of the method.

8 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 5 wherein the impact analysis method further comprises:

the difference between the new version of the library and the old version of the library is a difference between an abstract syntax tree of the new version of the library and an abstract syntax tree of the old version of the library.

9 . The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 5 wherein the impact analysis method further comprises, wherein the method information is information including a class name and a method name of the method.

10 . The impact analysis device according to claim 2 , wherein a first call graph is generated based on the old version of the library and a second call graph is generated based on the new version of the library and extract a set of method information of a caller of a transition added to the second call graph by comparing the second call graph with the first call graph.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 1, 2026
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 074164/0675 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2025
From: YAMAGUCHI, DAISUKE; KOIZUMI, YUTA; NOMOTO, TSUTOMU
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071733/0601 →