GUI GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING GUI

• US 20080155406A1
• Filed: 12/11/2007
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Naka, Akiteru
• Granted Patent: US 8,136,043 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

A GUI generation apparatus comprises: a storage unit adapted to store association information that associates an input/output GUI component relating to the input and output of data with a data model that stores data; and a reflection unit adapted to, upon receiving an input of data through the input/output GUI component, reflect the inputted data in the data model that is associated with the input/output GUI component in the association information, wherein, upon a change of data in the data model, the reflection unit reflects the changed data in the input/output GUI component that is associated with the data model in the association information.

Claims

1. A GUI generation apparatus comprising:

a storage unit adapted to store association information that associates an input/output GUI component relating to the input and output of data with a data model that stores data; and

a reflection unit adapted to, upon receiving an input of data through the input/output GUI component, reflect the inputted data in the data model that is associated with the input/output GUI component in the association information,

wherein, upon a change of data in the data model, the reflection unit reflects the changed data in the input/output GUI component that is associated with the data model in the association information.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a logic execution unit adapted to execute processing based on a logic program that is associated with an instruction GUI component, which receives an instruction from a user, in a transition definition file,

wherein the logic execution unit acquires the data of the data model, performs processing, and stores the data of the processing result in the data model, based on the logic program.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a generation unit adapted to generate a screen including the input/output GUI component and the instruction GUI component by loading the transition definition file and a screen definition file containing screen configuration information on the arrangement of the input/output GUI component and the instruction GUI component.

4. A method for generating a GUI in a GUI generation apparatus comprising the steps of:

a data model reflection step of, upon receiving an input of data through an input/output GUI component relating to the input and output of data, reflecting the inputted data in a data model that is associated with the input/output GUI component in association information stored in a storage unit; and

an input/output GUI component reflection step, carried out upon a change of data in the data model, of reflecting the changed data in the input/output GUI component that is associated with the data model in the association information.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

a logic execution step of executing processing based on a logic program that is associated with an instruction GUI component, which receives an instruction from a user, in a transition definition file,

wherein, in the logic execution step, the data of the data model is acquired, processing is performed, and the data of the processing result is stored, based on the logic program.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

a generation step of generating a screen including the input/output GUI component and the instruction GUI component by loading the transition definition file and a screen definition file containing screen configuration information on the arrangement of the input/output GUI component and the instruction GUI component.

7. A computer-readable storage medium that stores a program that causes a computer to execute

a data model reflection step of, upon receiving an input of data through an input/output GUI component relating to the input and output of data, reflecting the inputted data in a data model that is associated with the input/output GUI component in association information stored in a storage unit, and

an input/output GUI component reflection step, carried out upon a change of data in the data model, of reflecting the changed data in the input/output GUI component associated with the data model in the association information.