System for software application development and modeling

• US 20020091990A1
• Filed: 10/04/2001
• Published: 07/11/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Little, Todd, Konkus, Loren
• Granted Patent: US 7,047,518 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques

Abstract

A system for integrated computer software application development and modeling is herein described. The integrated system includes an expert system that can be supplied as a software plug-in to assist a software developer in designing and constructing software applications using uniform modeling language (UML) object modeling. In one embodiment the plug-in works with Rational Software Corporation'"'"'s Rational Rose modeling product and can be used to develop software applications for use with M3 and the Weblogic family of transaction and application server products from BEA Systems, Inc, and with other third-party software systems.

Claims

1. A system for software application development and modeling, capable of being integrated with a software application design modeling tool, comprising:

an expert system for developing software application designs; and

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an interface to a software application design modeling tool for modeling said software application designs.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said expert system further includes means for specifying application design requirements.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said expert system further includes means for analyzing said application design.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said expert system further includes means for modifying said software application design.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said expert system further includes means for software application code generation and implementation.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said expert system further includes means for testing said software application implementation.

7. The system of claim 4 wherein said means for modifying said software application design includes means for applying applying a data entity pattern.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said expert system is provided as a plugin to the system for software application development and modeling.

9. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a database interface to allow retrieval of application design data from a relational database; and

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an interface repository for storing interface definition language files.

10. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

means for reverse engineering an interface definition language file to extract application design information.

11. A system for software application development and modeling, to be used with Rational Rose modeler, comprising:

an integrated software development graphical environment;

a Rational Rose plugin tool, accessible via said integrated software development graphical environment, for developing software application designs; and

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a Rational Rose modeler, include within said integrated software development graphical environment, for modeling said software applications.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein said integrated software development environment further includes means for specifying application design requirements.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said integrated software development environment further includes means for analyzing said application design using UML.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein said integrated software development environment further includes means for modifying said software application design.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein said integrated software development environment further includes means for software application code generation and implementation.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein said integrated software development environment further includes means for testing said software application implementation.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein said means for modifying said software application design includes means for applying applying a data entity pattern.

18. The system of claim 11 wherein said integrated software development environment is provided as a plugin to the system for software application development and modeling.

19. The system of claim 11 further comprising:

a database interface to allow retrieval of application design data from a relational database;

an interface repository for storing interface definition language files.

20. The system of claim 11 further comprising:

means for reverse engineering an interface definition language file to extract application design information.

21. An system for integrated software development and testing, comprising:

an expert system for developing software application designs;

a modeler for modeling said software applications;

a model repository for one of storing and retrieving application design models to be used with said modeler; and

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a software generator for generating software code in accordance with said application designs and said application design models.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein said expert system further includes means for specifying application design requirements.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein said expert system further includes means for analyzing said application design.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein said expert system further includes means for modifying said software application design.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein said expert system further includes means for software application code generation and implementation.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein said expert system further includes means for testing said software application implementation.

27. The system of claim 24 wherein said means for modifying said software application design includes means for applying applying a data entity pattern.

28. The system of claim 21 wherein said expert system is provided as a plugin to the system for software application development and modeling.

29. The system of claim 21 further comprising:

a database interface to allow retrieval of application design data from a relational database; and

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an interface repository for storing interface definition language files.

30. The system of claim 21 further comprising:

means for reverse engineering an interface definition language file to extract application design information.

31. A system for software modeling that allows a software developer to utilize the modeling features of Rational Rose with a Rose plugin for software application design, comprising:

an expert system for developing software application designs;

a Rational Rose modeler for modeling said software applications;

a model repository for one of storing and retrieving application design models to be used with said Rational Rose modeler; and

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a software generator for generating software code in accordance with said application designs and said application design models.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein said expert system further includes means for specifying application design requirements.

33. The system of claim 32 wherein said expert system further includes means for analyzing said application design.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein said expert system further includes means for modifying said software application design.

35. The system of claim 34 wherein said expert system further includes means for software application code generation and implementation.

36. The system of claim 35 wherein said expert system further includes means for testing said software application implementation.

37. The system of claim 34 wherein said means for modifying said software application design includes means for applying applying a data entity pattern.

38. The system of claim 31 wherein said expert system is provided as a plugin to the system for software application development and modeling.

39. The system of claim 31 further comprising:

a database interface to allow retrieval of application design data from a relational database; and

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an interface repository for storing interface definition language files.

40. The system of claim 31 further comprising:

means for reverse engineering an interface definition language file to extract application design information.