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System and method for documenting and displaying computer program code

  • US 5,513,305 A
  • Filed: 03/01/1994
  • Issued: 04/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Using a computer system having a processing unit, an input device and an output device, a method for displaying and annotating program code in a program code file, the program code file including a plurality of tokens, each token defined in accordance with a programming language, the method comprising the steps of:

  • retrieving and parsing the program code file to produce a token record having a token name, a token type, and a token scope for each of the plurality of tokens in the program code file;

    retrieving a set of token annotation objects, each of the token annotation objects having a token name data field, a token type data field, a token scope data field and a reference to a corresponding annotation;

    comparing each retrieved and parsed token record with the set of token annotation objects to determine whether the retrieved and parsed token record matches a token annotation object in the set of token annotation objects; and

    displaying on the output device the program code file with the tokens that have a matching token annotation object in a visually distinct manner.

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