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BACKGROUND

Software applications (eg, JavaTM applications) increas ingly depend on libraries, provided either by the same organization or third parties. Studies show that approx. 80% of JavaTM application code may belong to libraries, while approx. 20% of application code may be developed for given applications. In some developments, programming models may facilitate either inclusion of libraries in software pack ages at software development time, or reference of libraries may be loaded dynamically at Software runtime. Some packaged applications may use libraries by either copying them into a dedicated folder at software development time, or by declaring a dependency that may be resolved by an application container at Software runtime. Some Software dependencies may be resolved and integrated into common development environments with a tool having access to Software repositories that …