Scoped Code Fly-Out Editor for Domain Languages

• US 20120005648A1
• Filed: 07/02/2010
• Published: 01/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, ServiceNow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: BERG, Daniel C., DATTA, Susanta, FUNK, Eric O.
• Granted Patent: US 8,561,016 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/35 model driven
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/74 Reverse engineering; Extracting design information from source code

Abstract

A method for generating a model diagram includes registering a scoped domain editor extender with a domain model element, retrieving a domain model and sending the domain model to the registered scoped domain editor extender, generating a modeling language model and mapping the modeling language model to the domain model, retrieving a domain model element from the domain model, generating a modeling language model element and associating the modeling language model element with the domain model, generating a graphical diagram including a shape corresponding to the modeling language model element, generating a user input item and associate the user input item with the modeling language model element, and displaying the shape and the user input item to a user.

Claims

1. A method for generating a model diagram, the method including:

registering a scoped domain editor extender with a domain model element;

retrieving a domain model and sending the domain model to the registered scoped domain editor extender;

generating a modeling language model and mapping the modeling language model to the domain model;

retrieving a domain model element from the domain model;

generating a modeling language model element and associating the modeling language model element with the domain model;

generating a graphical diagram including a shape corresponding to the modeling language model element;

generating a user input item and associate the user input item with the modeling language model element; and

displaying the shape and the user input item to a user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further includes:

receiving an input from a user selecting an input item;

identifying and retrieving a modeling language model element associated with the selected input item;

retrieving a domain model element associated with the modeling language model element from a domain model;

determining whether a scoped editor is registered for the domain model element;

sending the domain model and the domain model element to an extender responsive to determining that the scoped editor is registered for the domain model element;

generating a scoped code editor and displaying text associated with the domain model element in a fly-out editor window to a user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further includes:

determining whether the user has modified the text in the fly-out editor window; and

synchronizing the modified text and the domain model responsive to determining that the user has modified the text in the fly-out editor window.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the method further includes displaying domain code associated with the domain model in a text editor responsive to determining that the editor is not registered for the domain model element.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the domain code is displayed in a text editor window.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the domain model includes a Java type domain model.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the domain model includes a C++ type domain model.

8. A method for generating a fly-out editor window, the method including:

receiving an input from a user selecting an input item;

identifying and retrieving a modeling language model element associated with the selected input item;

retrieving a domain model element associated with the modeling language model element from a domain model;

determining whether a scoped editor is registered for the domain model element;

sending the domain model and the domain model element to an extender responsive to determining that the scoped editor is registered for the domain model element;

generating a scoped code editor with full domain model context and displaying text associated with the domain model element in a fly-out editor window to a user.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further includes:

determining whether the user has modified the text in the fly-out editor window; and

synchronizing the modified text and the domain model responsive to determining that the user has modified the text in the fly-out editor window.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further includes displaying domain code associated with the domain model in a text editor responsive to determining that the scoped editor is not registered for the domain model element.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the domain code is displayed in a text editor window.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the domain model includes a Java type domain model.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the domain model includes a C++ type domain model.

15. A system for generating a diagram including a processor operative to:

register a scoped domain editor extender with a domain model element;

retrieve a domain model and sending the domain model to the registered scoped domain editor extender;

generate a modeling language model and mapping the modeling language model to the domain model;

retrieve a domain model element from the domain model;

generate a modeling language model element and associating the modeling language model element with the domain model;

generate a graphical diagram including a shape corresponding to the modeling language model element;

generate a user input item and associate the user input item with the modeling language model element; and

send the shape and the user input item to a display.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further operative to:

receiving an input from a user selecting an input item;

identify and retrieving a modeling language model element associated with the selected input item;

retrieve a domain model element associated with the modeling language model element from a domain model;

determine whether an scoped editor is registered for the domain model element;

send the domain model and the domain model element to an extender responsive to determining that the scoped editor is registered for the domain model element;

generate a scoped code editor with full domain model context and displaying text associated with the domain model element in a fly-out editor window to a user.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is further operative to:

determine whether the user has modified the text in the fly-out editor window; and

synchronize the modified text and the domain model responsive to determining that the user has modified the text in the fly-out editor window.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the system is further operative to display the domain code associated with the domain model in a text editor responsive to determining that the scoped editor is not registered for the domain model element.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the domain code is displayed in a text editor window.