Object oriented ADN and method of converting a non-object oriented computer language to an object oriented computer language

• US 7,047,524 B1
• Filed: 12/30/2000
• Issued: 05/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: HyPerformix, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Braddock, Daniel M. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhen, Wei Y.
• Application Number:
  US09/753,192
• Time in Patent Office: 1,963 Days
• Field of Search: 717136-138, 703 13- 22
• US Class Current: 717/136
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/315 Object-oriented languages
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/51 Source to source

Abstract

A method for converting a non-object oriented language to an object oriented language is shown. First, an existing object oriented language must be selected. Next, a non-object oriented language is selected. This is the language the programmer desires to be converted to an object oriented language. The requirements for the new object oriented language are then defined. Next, the specific syntax and grammar are selected. Then the object oriented extensions are developed. The object oriented extensions allow for the existing language and data structure to be developed coextensive in the object oriented environment. Next, the new object oriented language is prepared based upon the criteria outline previously. The Object Oriented ADN including an application logic function, data types and scopes, a class for message instancing, client workload models, server process infrastructure, database models, operating system models, statistics capability, utility classes, and garbage collection.

Claims

1. A method of converting a non-object oriented computer environment to a new object oriented computer environment, the method comprising the steps of:

identifying the existing object oriented computer environment;

identifying the non-object oriented computer environment;

defining requirements for the new object oriented computer environment;

selecting grammar and syntax compatible with the non-object oriented computer environment;

developing object oriented extensions, wherein an existing application of the non-object oriented computer environment remains executable and wherein the new object oriented computer environment accesses information of the non-object oriented computer environment; and

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preparing the new object oriented computer environment, wherein the new object oriented computer environment includes requirements, grammar, syntax and object oriented extensions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying an existing object oriented computer environment includes identifying a commercially available object oriented computer environment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying the non-object oriented computer environment includes identifying a legacy non-object oriented computer environment.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the legacy non-object oriented computer environment includes a user language interface and data structures.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the legacy non-object oriented computer environment allows multiple users.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the legacy non-object oriented computer environment includes a distributed environment.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the non-object oriented computer environment allows simulation modeling for the analysis of the performance software executing in a computer system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-object oriented computer environment allows simulation modeling.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of selecting grammar and syntax includes selecting the semantics of the non-object oriented computer environment.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of selecting grammar and syntax includes selecting semantics compatible to the non-object oriented computer environment.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of selecting grammar and syntax includes selecting the semantics of the existing object oriented computer environment.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of developing object oriented extensions includes developing an object header structure and an object data structure.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of developing an object header structure includes developing an object header structure that provides a unified object oriented interface to a user and internal objects.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of developing an object data structure includes developing an object data structure containing a data structure of the non-object oriented computer environment.

15. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of developing general-purpose utility classes.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of preparing the new object oriented computer environment includes creating new code.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of preparing the new object oriented computer environment includes creating an operating system.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the new object oriented computer environment includes an object oriented computer language.