Customized annotation editing

• US 20070011651A1
• Filed: 08/26/2005
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Wagner, Timothy
• Granted Patent: US 8,141,036 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/110
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/33 Intelligent editors

Abstract

A system, method and media to customize the editing experience for an annotation value. This abstract is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims.

Claims

1. A method to customize an editing experience for an annotation value, comprising:

associating the annotation value with a first language;

determining that the annotation value is about to be edited or is being edited; and

providing an editing experience for the annotation value based on the first language.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the annotation value is for a member of an annotation.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the annotation value contains another annotation value.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the annotation value is for an annotation that is compatible with Java Specification Request 175.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the first language is one of;

a programming language, a descriptive language and a natural language.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the providing an editing experience further comprises providing at least one of the following for the annotation value:

token coloring, code completion, the ability to lookup definitions and/or uses of symbols, incremental syntax/semantic checking, error correction and refactoring.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the annotation value is embedded in a second language; and

wherein the second programming language is one of;

a programming language, a descriptive language and a natural language.

13. An interactive development environment that implements the method of claim 1.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the annotation value is for a member of an annotation.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the annotation value contains another annotation value.

17. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the annotation value is for an annotation that is compatible with Java Specification Request 175.

18. The system of claim 1 wherein:

a language is one of;

a programming language, a descriptive language and a natural language.

19. The system of claim 1 wherein the component is configured to provide at least one of the following for the first language:

token coloring, code completion, the ability to lookup definitions and/or uses of symbols, incremental syntax/semantic checking, error correction and refactoring.

8. A method for associating an annotation with a first language, comprising:

defining the annotation; and

specifying that an annotation value for the annotation is associated with the first language; and

wherein the annotation will be used in the context of a second language that is different from the first language.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein:

the annotation value is for a member of the annotation.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein:

the annotation value contains another annotation value.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein:

the annotation is compatible with Java Specification Request 175.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein:

a language is one of;

a programming language, a descriptive language and a natural language.

14. A system for customizing an editing experience for an annotation value, comprising:

means for associating the annotation value with a first language;

an editor configured to providing editing capabilities for a second language; and

a component configured to provide an editing experience for the annotation value based on the first language.

21. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when used by one or more processors cause a system to:

associate an annotation value with a first language;

determine that the annotation value is about to be edited or is being edited; and

provide an editing experience for the annotation value based on the first language.

22. An interactive development environment, comprising:

an annotation processor capable of mirroring source code in order to associate an annotation value with a first language; and

a smart editor module configured to provide an editing experience for the annotation value based on the first language.