Method and system for graphically generating user-defined rules for checking language quality
First Claim
1. A method using a computer for generating user-defined rules to be used for checking the quality of a computer programming language including nodes and properties, said method being responsive to user interaction in a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising the steps of:
- selecting a programming language for which the quality is to be checked from a first menu displayed in the GUI;
responsive to the programming language selection, displaying a second menu in the GUI including a plurality of nodes related to the selected programming language;
selecting a node from the plurality of nodes for building a rule for checking the quality of the selected programming language;
displaying, in the GUI, the selected node in a form of a graphical object;
responsive to the selected node, displaying in the GUI a third menu including a plurality of properties for the selected node and related to the selected programming language;
selecting a property from the plurality of displayed properties;
displaying, in the GUI, the selected property in a form of a graphical attribute connected to the selected node;
storing the graphical object, the graphical attribute and their relation as a rule for checking the quality of the selected programming language; and
executing the stored rule to check for violation of the stored rule by the selected programming language.
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Abstract
A method and system for graphically generating user-defined rules to be used for checking the quality of a language. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) with a plurality of menus provides easy and effective means for generating user-defined rules. Generally, each rule comprises a node type associated with a matching function. Nodes and their properties are graphically generated and connected to construct rules. In one embodiment, the present invention graphically generates user-defined rules to be used for checking the quality of a computer programming language. Each instruction in a computer programming language is represented by at least one node of a particular type stored in a parse tree for describing dependencies between such nodes. Both the parse tree and the rules are stored in the computer. The parse tree is searched beginning from a root node indicating an entry point into the parse tree for at least one of the nodes having such a particular type matching one of the node types.
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21 Claims
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1. A method using a computer for generating user-defined rules to be used for checking the quality of a computer programming language including nodes and properties, said method being responsive to user interaction in a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising the steps of:
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selecting a programming language for which the quality is to be checked from a first menu displayed in the GUI;
responsive to the programming language selection, displaying a second menu in the GUI including a plurality of nodes related to the selected programming language;
selecting a node from the plurality of nodes for building a rule for checking the quality of the selected programming language;
displaying, in the GUI, the selected node in a form of a graphical object;
responsive to the selected node, displaying in the GUI a third menu including a plurality of properties for the selected node and related to the selected programming language;
selecting a property from the plurality of displayed properties;
displaying, in the GUI, the selected property in a form of a graphical attribute connected to the selected node;
storing the graphical object, the graphical attribute and their relation as a rule for checking the quality of the selected programming language; and
executing the stored rule to check for violation of the stored rule by the selected programming language. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
selecting an output joint from a plurality of displayed output joints for directing output of the selected node;
displaying, in the GUI, the selected output joint in a form of a second graphical attribute connected to the selected node;
defining a relationship between the output joint displayed as the second graphical attribute and the selected node; and
storing the output joint and its relation to the selected node.
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3. The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of executing the stored rule to check for violation of the stored rule by the computer programming language.
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4. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of displaying a violation report.
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5. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of nodes includes folders that include nodes of similar types.
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6. The method of claim 1 wherein the selecting a programming language step comprises selecting one or more of JAVA™
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7. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting the displayed graphical object displays more information about the selected graphical object.
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8. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting the displayed graphical attribute displays more information about the selected graphical attribute.
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9. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting a stored rule as a building block for generating a composite rule.
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10. A computer readable medium having stored instructions, the stored instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:
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receiving a programming language selection for which the quality is to be checked from a first menu displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI);
responsive to the received programming language selection, displaying a second menu including a plurality of nodes related to the selected programming language in the GUI;
receiving a node selection for building a rule for checking the quality of the selected programming language from the plurality of nodes;
displaying, in the GUI, the selected node in a form of a graphical object;
responsive to the selected node, displaying in the GUI a third menu including a plurality of properties for the selected node and related to the selected programming language;
receiving a property selection from the plurality of displayed properties displaying, in the GUI, the selected property in a form of a graphical attribute connected to the selected node; and
storing the graphical object, the graphical attribute and their relation as a rule to be used to check the quality of the selected programming language; and
executing the stored rule to check for violation of the stored rule by the selected programming language. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
receiving a user selection of an output joint selected from a plurality of displayed output joints having a relationship with the selected node for directing output of the selected node;
displaying the received selection of an output joint in a form of a second graphical attribute connected to the selected node; and
storing the output joint and its relation to the selected node.
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12. The computer readable medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the step of executing the stored rule to check for violation of the stored rule by the computer programming language.
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13. A method using a computer for creating rules to be used to check the quality of a language comprising the steps of:
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selecting a language for which the quality is to be checked from a first menu displayed in the GUI;
displaying, in a graphical user interface (GUI), a plurality of nodes representing relationships in the selected language;
receiving a first input from a user selecting a node from the plurality of nodes for building a rule for checking the quality of the selected language;
displaying, in the GUI, the selected node in a form of a graphical object;
responsive to the selected node, displaying a plurality of properties for the selected node and related to the selected language;
receiving a second input from the user selecting a property from the plurality of displayed properties;
displaying, in the GUI, the selected property in a form of a graphical attribute connected to the selected node;
storing the graphical object, the graphical attribute and their relation as a rule for checking the quality of the selected language; and
executing the stored rule to check for violation of the stored rule by the selected language. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
receiving a third input from the user selecting an output joint from a plurality of displayed output joints for directing output of the selected node;
displaying, in the GUI, the selected output joint in a form of a second graphical attribute connected to the selected node; and
storing the output joint and its relation to the selected node.
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15. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of executing the stored rule to check for quality violation of the stored rule by the language.
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16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of displaying a violation report.
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17. The method of claim 13 wherein the plurality of nodes includes folders that include nodes of similar types.
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18. The method of claim 13 wherein selecting the displayed graphical object displays more information about the selected graphical object.
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19. The method of claim 13 wherein selecting the displayed graphical attribute displays more information about the selected graphical attribute.
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20. The method of claim 13 further comprising receiving a third input from a user selecting a stored rule as a building block for generating a composite rule.
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21. A computer program product for use in a computer system for generating rules to check the quality of a language, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon for generating a graphical user interface (GUI) which facilitates generating the rules to check the quality of the language, the computer readable program code comprising:
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program code for selecting a language for which the quality is to be checked from a first menu displayed in the GUI;
program code for displaying, in a graphical user interface (GUI), a plurality of nodes representing relationships in the selected language;
program code for receiving a first input from a user selecting a node from the plurality of nodes to build a rule for checking the quality of the selected language;
program code for displaying, in the GUI, the selected node in a form of a graphical object;
program code for responsive to the selected node, displaying a plurality of properties for the selected node and related to the selected language;
program code for receiving a second input from the user selecting a property from the plurality of displayed properties;
program code for displaying, in the GUI, the selected property in a form of a graphical attribute connected to the selected node;
program code for storing the graphical object, the graphical attribute and their relation as a rule to check the quality of the selected language; and
program code for executing the stored rule to check for violation of the stored rule by the selected language.
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