Methods, systems and computer program products for generating client/server applications
First Claim
1. A method of automatically generating client/server applications from an application written to execute on a single processing system and having program classes and programmed methods associated with the objects, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying each program class in the application;
determining the relationships between programmed methods in the identified classes;
weighting the relationships between the programmed methods in the identified classes based on the interaction between the programmed methods in the identified classes;
weighting each identified class in the application based on the computing resources required by the identified class; and
partitioning the identified classes into client classes and server classes based on the weighted relationships between the programmed methods in the program classes, the weight associated with each program class and a computing topology associated with a target client processing system.
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for automatically generating client/server applications from an application written to execute on a single processing system. The application has program classes and programmed methods associated with the objects. Each program class in the application is identified and the relationships between programmed methods in the classes is determined. The relationships between the programmed methods in the identified classes are then weighted based on the activity of the relationship. Similarly, each identified class in the application is also weighted based on the computing resources required by the identified class. The identified classes are then partitioned into client classes and server classes based on the weighted relationships between the programmed methods in the classes, the weight associated with each class and a computing topology associated with a target client processing system. The resulting client and server partition may then be used for code generation and distribution based on the capabilities of a requesting computer system.
-
Citations
24 Claims
-
1. A method of automatically generating client/server applications from an application written to execute on a single processing system and having program classes and programmed methods associated with the objects, the method comprising the steps of:
-
identifying each program class in the application; determining the relationships between programmed methods in the identified classes; weighting the relationships between the programmed methods in the identified classes based on the interaction between the programmed methods in the identified classes; weighting each identified class in the application based on the computing resources required by the identified class; and partitioning the identified classes into client classes and server classes based on the weighted relationships between the programmed methods in the program classes, the weight associated with each program class and a computing topology associated with a target client processing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. A system for automatically generating client/server applications from an application written to execute on a single processing system and having program classes and programmed methods associated with the objects, comprising:
-
means for identifying each program class in the application; means for determining the relationships between programmed methods in the identified classes; means for weighting the relationships between the programmed methods in the identified classes based on the interaction between the programmed methods in the identified classes; means for weighting each identified class in the application based on the computing resources required by the identified class; and means for partitioning the identified classes into client classes and server classes based on the weighted relationships between the programmed methods in the program classes, the weight associated with each program class and a computing topology associated with a target client processing system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
-
-
21. A computer program product for automatically generating client/server applications from an application written to execute on a single processing system and having program classes and programmed methods associated with the objects, the computer program product comprising:
-
a computer readable storage medium having computer-readable program code means embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code means comprising; computer-readable program code means for identifying each program class in the application; computer-readable program code means for determining the relationships between programmed methods in the identified classes; computer-readable program code means for weighting the relationships between the programmed methods in the identified classes based on the interaction between the programmed methods in the identified classes; computer-readable program code means for weighting each identified class in the application based on the computing resources required by the identified class; and computer-readable program code means for partitioning the identified classes into client classes and server classes based on the weighted relationships between the programmed methods in the program classes, the weight associated with each program class and a computing topology associated with a target client processing system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
-
Specification