Source Code Semantic Zoom and Spatial Layout
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- at least one artifact comprising data relating to entities and relationships between the entities;
a diagramming surface to represent the entities and the relationships between the entities;
a rendering engine to render views of data relating to the entities and the relationships between the entities on the diagramming surface, a real-time viewer operably coupled to the diagramming surface, the real time viewer comprising;
(a) at least one retrieval module to retrieve data from the at least one artifact comprising the data and the relationships to be rendered by the rendering engine, and(b) a plurality of controls to manipulate views of the data and the relationships to be rendered by the rendering engine, at least one of the controls comprising an in-place editor and at least one of the controls comprising a panning and zooming control.
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes an apparatus and a method for contemporaneously viewing code structure in a diagram as well as source code facilitated by a semantic zoom and pan feature and enabled via use of advanced rendering engines. The apparatus and method support in-place editing where edits are represented on the diagram in real-time. One example system includes a diagramming surface, an advanced rendering engine, viewers with controls and data retrieval modules, a data store with data loaded from source code well as external sources, and workers possibly implemented as background threads to monitor changes. One example method enables layers where a subset of data is viewed and a corresponding control is used to manipulate the data. An advanced rendering engine enables a wide range of user interface techniques, including but not limited to semantic zoom and pan and in-place editing.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one artifact comprising data relating to entities and relationships between the entities; a diagramming surface to represent the entities and the relationships between the entities; a rendering engine to render views of data relating to the entities and the relationships between the entities on the diagramming surface, a real-time viewer operably coupled to the diagramming surface, the real time viewer comprising; (a) at least one retrieval module to retrieve data from the at least one artifact comprising the data and the relationships to be rendered by the rendering engine, and (b) a plurality of controls to manipulate views of the data and the relationships to be rendered by the rendering engine, at least one of the controls comprising an in-place editor and at least one of the controls comprising a panning and zooming control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method to manipulate a representation of entities and relationships between entities and session state information of the representation in a computer user interface, the method comprising:
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retrieving data relating to entities and relationships between entities from at least one artifact comprising data relating to entities and relationships between entities; storing user interface session state information of the representation comprising navigation and rendering information specific to a session; rendering the data relating to the entities and the relationships between entities on a diagramming surface comprising a representation of entities and relationships between entities; manipulating data relating to entities and relationships between entities and user interface session state information of the representation by one of; (a) panning across the representation of entities and relationships between entities or (b) zooming in or out of the representation of entities and relationships between entities. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer readable medium comprising instructions operable for a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
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retrieving data relating to entities and relationships between entities from at least one artifact comprising data relating to entities and relationships between entities; storing user interface session state information of the representation comprising navigation and rendering information specific to a session;
rendering the data relating to the entities and the relationships between entities on a diagramming surface comprising a representation of entities and relationships between entities;manipulating data relating to entities and relationships between entities and user interface session state information of the representation by one of; (a) panning across the representation of entities and relationships between entities or (b) zooming in or out of the representation of entities and relationships between entities.
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