METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RELATING DATA STRUCTURES AND OBJECT-ORIENTED ELEMENTS FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING

• US 20110167406A1
• Filed: 09/30/2010
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Borland Software Corporation (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Borland Software Corporation (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Charisius, Dietrich, Aptus, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US12/895,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20110167406A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/108
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/35 model driven
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/75 Structural analysis for program understanding
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs

Abstract

Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide an improved software development tool that generates code corresponding to a distributed computing component that contains methods of a plurality of types and that displays a graphical representation of the code with a separately delineated display area for each type. The improved software development tool also compiles, deploys, and debugs the distributed computing component with a client software component using methods and systems consistent with the present invention.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A method comprising:

selecting a data structure in a database;

receiving an indication of a type of object-oriented element to form from the data structure;

accessing at least a portion of the data structure;

determining the type of object-oriented element to form;

when a determination is made of the type of object-oriented element to form, generating an object-oriented element of the type of object-oriented element to form, the object-oriented element having a name that corresponds to the data structure;

generating source code for the object-oriented element, wherein the object-oriented element includes an attribute related to an attribute field in the data structure; and

storing an identification of the data structure in a comment of the source code.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the storing the identification associates the data structure and the source code.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the selecting the data structure in the database comprises:

determining whether the database has one or more data structures;

displaying an identification of each of the one or more data structures; and

receiving an indication of the data structure.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising authorizing access to the database.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the authorizing access to the database comprises:

receiving a request to access the database;

receiving access information for the database;

determining if an authorization is used to access the database;

when a determination is made that the authorization is used to access the database, receiving an access privilege; and

determining if the access privilege is authorized.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the access information comprises:

an identification of a database management system;

a driver associated with a software development tool for communicating with the database;

a driver location; and

a database location.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the access privilege comprises a user name and a password.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising associating the access information with the source code.

10. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying a graphical representation of the source code.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein the attribute has an attribute name that corresponds to the attribute field.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the object-oriented element is a class.

13. The method of claim 2, wherein the object-oriented element is a distributed computing component.

14. A computer-readable medium including instructions for a software development tool to execute a method, the method comprising:

selecting a data structure in a database;

receiving an indication of a type of object-oriented element to form from the data structure;

accessing at least a portion of the data structure;

determining the type of object-oriented element to form;

when a determination is made of the type of object-oriented element to form, generating an object-oriented element of the type of object-oriented element to form, the object-oriented element having a name that corresponds to the data structure;

generating source code for the object-oriented element, wherein the object-oriented element includes an attribute related to an attribute field in the data structure; and

storing an identification of the data structure in a comment of the source code.