Source program checking device and program and method for same

• US 6,757,889 B1
• Filed: 12/23/1999
• Issued: 06/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Ito, Masako
• Primary Examiner(s): Dam, Tuan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vo, Ted T.
• Application Number:
  US09/471,180
• Time in Patent Office: 1,650 Days
• Field of Search: 717/141-143, 717/110-113, 717/124-128, 715/514-516, 715/528-529
• US Class Current: 717/112
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/43 Checking; Contextual analysis

Abstract

A group setting section divides indicated messages according to types upon receiving an instruction from the user and sets a default display status for the messages by group. An indicated message preparing section prepares an indicated message based on the check result by a checking section. An indicated message urgency processing section determines the urgency of the indicated message based on the number of revisions made in response to previous indicated messages of the same type. An output message editing section selects the indicated message to be output according to the group setting and the urgency, determines the order of output based on the urgency, and edits an output message. An outputting section outputs an indicated message list according to results of the editing.

Claims

1. A device for checking a source program according to prescribed check items and outputting a check result from which an indicated message is generated, said device comprising:

means for grouping the indicated message into a group corresponding to a meaning of the indicated message; and

means for editing the indicated message for output based on the group, wherein the editing means outputs an error list comprising a list of messages, and where said editing means determines whether the indicated message is to be displayed when the error list is displayed based on the group containing the indicated message.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said editing means determines an order for outputting indicated messages to be output by said device.

3. A device for checking a source program according to prescribed check items and outputting a check result from which an indicated message is generated, said device comprising:

means for determining an urgency of the indicated message;

means for determining a relative order for output of the indicated message based on the urgency; and

means for outputting an error list comprising a list of messages from the check result, and determining whether the indicated message is to be displayed with the error list based on information indicating which types of message meanings or groups thereof are to be displayed.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein said urgency determining means determines the urgency based on historical information for previous indicated messages of a same meaning as the indicated message.

5. A computer-readable medium encoded with a checking program for checking a source program according to prescribed check items and outputting a check result from which an indicated message is generated, said checking program comprising program instructions for:

grouping the indicated message into a group corresponding to a meaning of the indicated message; and

editing the indicated message for output based on the group, where the editing comprises outputting an error list comprising a list of messages from the check result, and where said editing determines whether the indicated message is to be displayed when the error list is displayed based on the group containing the indicated message.

6. A computer-readable medium encoded with a checking program for checking a source program according to prescribed check items and outputting a check result from which an indicated message is generated, said checking program comprising program instructions for:

determining an urgency of the indicated message based on the check result;

determining a relative order for output of the indicated message based on the urgency; and

when outputting an error list comprising a list of messages from the check result, determining whether the indicated message is to be displayed with the error list based on information indicating which types of message meanings or groups thereof are to be displayed.

7. A device, comprising:

a storage storing an indicated message corresponding to a result of checking a source program according to prescribed check items;

a processor grouping the indicated message based on a meaning thereof and determining an output status of the indicated message based on the grouping thereof; and

an editing unit to edit the indicated message for output based on the grouping, where the editing comprises outputting an error list comprising a list of messages, and where said editing determines whether the indicated message is to be displayed when the error list is displayed based on the grouping.

8. A device according to claim 7, wherein said processor groups a plurality of indicated messages including the indicated message.

9. A device according to claim 7, wherein said processor comprises a checking section checking the source program based on prescribed check items and generating a check result based on results of the checking, the indicated message being generated based on the check result.

10. A device according to claim 7, wherein said processor comprises a syntax analysis section generating a syntax text for the source program, the indicated message being generated responsive to a result of checking the source program according to prescribed check items using the syntax text.

11. A device according to claim 7, wherein said processor comprises an editing section determining a group for the indicated message based on the meaning of the indicated message and group information indicating an output status for each of plural meanings of indicated messages.

12. A device according to claim 7, wherein said processor comprises an editing section determining a group for the indicated message based on the meaning of the indicated message and group information indicating an output status for each of plural meanings of indicated messages.

13. A device according to claim 7, wherein said processor comprises an indicated message preparing section generating the indicated message based on a result of checking the source program according to prescribed check items.

14. A device according to claim 7, wherein said processor comprises an indicated message urgency processing section determining an urgency of the indicated message based on the meaning of the indicated message and history information for previous indicated messages of the same meaning.

15. A device according to claim 7, wherein said processor comprises an output message editing section selecting the indicated message for output when the output status indicates that the indicated message is to be output.

16. A device according to claim 15, wherein the output message editing section determines an output order for the indicated message based on an urgency thereof when the indicated message is selected for output.

17. A device according to claim 7, wherein said processor comprises a group setting section dividing indicated message meanings into groups based on an instruction from a user and determining an output status for each group, whereby the meaning of the indicated message indicates a group for the indicated message and the output status of the indicated message is the output status of the group.

18. A device, comprising:

a storage storing an indicated message corresponding to a result of checking a source program according to prescribed check items; and

a processor grouping the indicated message based on a meaning thereof and determining an output status of the indicated message based on the grouping thereof, wherein said storage comprises an indicated message history storing section storing numbers of previous indicated messages by indicated message meaning and storing an accumulated value corresponding to each of the meanings, each accumulated value indicating a count of revisions made to the source program in response to previous indicated messages of the corresponding meaning.

19. A device, comprising:

a storage storing an indicated message corresponding to a result of checking a source program according to prescribed check items; and

a processor determining an urgency of the indicated message based on a meaning thereof and determining a relative order for output of the indicated message based on the urgency; and

an editing unit editing an error list comprising a list of messages from the checking result, and determining whether the indicated message is to be displayed with the error list based on information indicating which types of message meanings or groups thereof are to be displayed.