System and method for display of software quality

Abstract

A method for code analysis comprising steps of inputting program code to an analyzer, assigning an objective quality measure to components of the analyzed code; and displaying graphically the objective quality measures.

1 . A method for code analysis, the method comprising:
 inputting program code to an analyzer;   determining an objective quality measure for components of said analyzed code; and   computing metrics for display of the objective quality measures.   
     
     
         2 . A method as defined in  claim 1 , including analyzing said code by said analyzer to determine errors that may occur when said code is executed. 
     
     
         3 . A method as defined in  claim 1 , said display being a graphically displayed. 
     
     
         4 . A method as defined in  claim 1 , said display being a table. 
     
     
         5 . A method as defined in  claim 1 , said display being a two dimensional graph displaying a combination of several objective software metrics. 
     
     
         6 . A method as defined in  claim 1 , including displaying successive sets of quality measures each set being determined at successive times. 
     
     
         7 . A method as defined in  claim 1 , said code being static code. 
     
     
         8 . A method as defined in  claim 1 , said code being dynamic code 
     
     
         9 . A method as defined in  claim 1 , said code being object code. 
     
     
         10 . A method as defined in  claim 1 , said code being source code. 
     
     
         11 . A system for code analysis comprising:
 an analyzer for analyzing program code;   a processor configured for determining an objective quality measure for components of said analyzed code; and computing metrics for display of the objective quality measures.   
     
     
         12 . A system as defined in  claim 11 , including a graphical display for graphically representing said display. 
     
     
         13 . A system as defined in  claim 11 , said code being static code. 
     
     
         14 . A system as defined in  claim 11 , said code being dynamic code 
     
     
         15 . A system as defined in  claim 11 , said code being object code. 
     
     
         16 . A system as defined in  claim 11 , said code being source code. 
     
     
         17 . A system as defined in  claim 11 , said component being a procedure. 
     
     
         18 . A system as defined in  claim 11 , said objective quality measure being represented by a pair of coordinates in a two dimensional coordinate system, representing two quality measures. 
     
     
         19 . A system as defined in  claim 11 , said quality measure being represented by a data point in the display, the data point being an ordered set, with members of the set representing at least one metric of said quality measure for each component. 
     
     
         20 . A system as defined in  claim 11 , said quality measure being represented by a set of metrics.