System and method for utilization of a command structure representation

• US 7,207,031 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2001
• Issued: 04/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wind River Systems Incorporated (Aptiv PLC)
• Original Assignee: Wind River Systems Incorporated (Aptiv PLC)
• Inventors: Reyna, David, Dzeng, Shawn-Lin, Cheng, Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAVIS, JOHN Q
• Application Number:
  US09/845,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20030033589A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,178 Days
• Field of Search: 717/137, 717/159, 717/105
• US Class Current: 717/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45512 Command shells

Abstract

A method for generating a list of desired elements of a first software code, the first code having a predefined command structure; extracting the desired elements from the first code; and performing an operation on the extracted elements. A system includes a first engine which receives a list of desired elements of a first software code, the first code having a predefined command structure; a second engine which extracts the desired elements from the first code; and a third engine which performs an operation on the extracted elements.

Claims

1. A method executed on a computing device to perform an operation on extracted elements of a software code, wherein the software code includes a command node list, a parameter list, and a handler list, comprising the steps of:

generating a list of desired elements of the software code, wherein the desired element is one of a command node element, a parameter element, and a handler function element;

extracting an elements from the software code;

determining whether the extracted element is on the list of desired elements; and

performing an operation on the extracted element when the extracted element is determined to be on the list of desired elements, wherein the operation is one of generating a command data structure representation using the command node element, generating handler function definitions and parameter definitions using the handler function element and the parameter element, and generating a handler function code using the handler function element and the parameter element.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the software code is generated according to the following substeps:

receiving at least one parameter element via a graphical user interface,

receiving at least one handler function element via the graphical user interface, and

automatically generating the first software code using the at least one parameter element and the at least one handler function element.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the list of desired elements includes a list of language translatable elements and wherein the performing step includes the following substeps:

translating the extracted elements from a first language into a second language.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the performing step includes the following substep:

inserting the translated elements back into the first code.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the performing step includes the following substep:

generating a second code as a function of the first code and the translated elements.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the list of desired elements includes a list of help-related elements and wherein the performing step includes the following substeps:

generating a help manual as a function of the extracted elements.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the list of desired elements is generated via a graphical user interface.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein a graphical user interface displays the extracted elements.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the command data structure representation is a hierarchical command tree.

10. A system, comprising:

a first engine receiving a list of desired elements of a software code, wherein the software code includes a command node list, a parameter list, and a handler list;

a second engine extracting an element from the software code;

a third engine determining whether the extracted element is on the list of desired elements; and

a fourth engine performing an operation on the extracted element when the extracted element is determined to be on the list of desired elements, wherein the operation is one of generating a command data structure representation using the command node element, generating handler function definitions and parameter definitions using the handler function element and the parameter element, or generating a handler function code using the handler function element and the parameter element.

11. The system according to claim 10, further comprising:

a software code generation engine receiving at least one parameter element and at least one handler function element via a graphical user interface and automatically generating the software code using the at least one parameter element and the at least one handler function element.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the list of desired elements includes a list of language translatable elements and wherein the third engine translates the extracted elements from a first language into a second language.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the third engine inserts the translated elements back into the first code to generate a second code.

14. The system according to claim 10, wherein the list of desired elements includes a list of help-related elements and wherein the third engine generates a documentation manual as a function of the extracted elements.

15. The system according to claim 10, wherein the list of desired elements is generated by the first engine via a graphical user interface.

16. The system according to claim 10, wherein a graphical user interface displays the extracted elements.

17. The system according to claim 10, wherein the command data structure representation is a hierarchical command tree.