Program creation support apparatus, program, and information system

• US 9,116,708 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2011
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Maeno, Yoshiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Bullock, Jr., Lewis A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aponte, Francisco
• Application Number:
  US13/582,794
• Publication Number:
  US 20130007697A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,660 Days
• Field of Search: 717/111
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/316 Aspect-oriented programming techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse

Abstract

A program creation support apparatus (100) includes: a table storage unit (110) which stores a basic program management table (112) that manages a basic program, an individual requirement management table (114) that manages individual requirements of users, and a user management table (116) that manages individual requirements in association with the users; a template storage unit (122) that stores model forms of aspects; a program editing unit (130) that presents an editing target program to a program developer, receives editing operations of inserting individual requirements of each user, and edits the program; an individual requirement management unit (128) that registers the received individual requirements in the respective management tables in association with corresponding sets of program strings of the basic program with respect to each target user; and an aspect synthesizing unit (140) that synthesizes the aspect using the model forms in accordance with each management table.

Claims

1. A program creation support apparatus comprising:

a table storage device which stores a basic program management table which manages a plurality of sets of program strings which configures a basic program common to users of a development target application program, an individual requirement management table which manages sets of program strings which respectively implement individual requirements which can he defined for each user separately from said basic program, and a user management table which manages said individual requirements in association with each of said users;

a template storage device which stores model forms for generating aspects which implement said individual requirements, said aspects corresponding to respective inserting positions at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of program strings of said basic program;

a program editing unit which presents an editing target program to a program developer by referring to said table storage device, receives editing operations of inserting said individual requirements which can be defined for each user in said basic program, and edits said program in accordance with the received editing operations;

an individual requirement management unit which manages said individual requirements received by said program editing unit by registering said individual requirements in said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table in association with corresponding sets of program strings of said basic program with respect to each target user; and

a synthesizing unit which synthesizes said aspect using said model form in accordance with said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table by referring to said table storage device and said template storage device;

wherein;

said program editing unit receives designations regarding inserting positions for each user at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of the program strings of said basic program;

said individual requirement management unit updates said user management table with respect to each user based on the received designations regarding the respective inserting positions;

said synthesizing unit refers to said user management table to detect the inserting positions at which said individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of said program strings of said basic program on the basis of the designations regarding the inserting positions, to synthesize aspects corresponding to respective detected inserting positions by using said model forms on the basis of the received designations regarding inserting positions of said individual requirements, said aspects being designed to respectively insert program strings of the respective individual requirements of at least one of the users in said program strings of said basic program;

said synthesizing unit creates said application program which implements said individual requirements of each user together with said basic program by incorporating the synthesized aspects;

said basic program management table has blank lines respectively inserted between successive two sets of program strings of said basic program and stores position identifiers assigned to positions of respective lines and respective corresponding sets of program strings in association, said lines including the inserted Hank lines and lines of said plurality of program strings of said basic program;

said template storage device stores a first template for synthesizing an aspect which is designed to insert said individual requirement before the set of program strings subsequent to the position of a blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted; and

said synthesizing unit determines whether said inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted is the position of the blank within said. basic program by referring to said basic program management table, and when said inserting position is said position of the blank, synthesizes the aspect to be inserted before said set of program strings subsequent to said position of the blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding to said inserting position using said first template.

2. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said. program editing unit includes:

a presenting unit which presents said plurality of sets of program strings of said basic program to said program developer, and

said program editing unit makes said program developer designate said positions of said plurality of sets of program strings of said basic program. presented on said presenting unit, as inserting positions at which said individual requirements of said target user are inserted and receives the designated insetting positions,

said individual requirement management unit manages said inserting positions and said individual requirements received by said program editing unit by registering said inserting positions and said individual requirements in said user management table and said individual requirement management table in association.

3. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said individual requirement management table stores identification information of said individual requirement and at least one set of program strings which implements said individual requirement in association.

4. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said user management table stores a combination of identification information of said individual requirement and a position identifier within said basic program at which said individual requirement is inserted in association with respect to each user.

5. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said basic program management table stores position identifiers representing said positions of said plurality of sets of program strings included in said basic program and respective corresponding said sets of program strings in association.

6. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said template storage device stores a second template for synthesizing an aspect which is designed to insert, said individual requirement by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted, and

said synthesizing unit determines whether said inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted is the position of the blank within said basic program by referring to said basic program management table, and when said inserting position is not said position of the blank, synthesizes the aspect which is inserted by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding w said inserting position using said second template.

9. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said program editing unit allows said program developer to use either of two designating methods, so as to receive said designations regarding the respective inserting positions of individual requirements, said designation methods including a first designating method of designating a position between two successive sets of program strings of said basic program as the inserting positions at which said program string of said individual requirement is inserted between said two successive sets of program strings of said basic program, and a second designating method of designating a position at the program strings of said basic program as the inserting positions on which said program string of said individual requirement is overwritten;

wherein;

said individual requirement management unit registers said program strings of said individual requirements, and the designations regarding the respective inserting positions of said individual requirements including information on the designating methods in said user management table in association with respect to each target user;

said template storage device stores a first template for synthesizing an aspect designed to insert said string of the individual requirement between said two successive sets of program strings of said basic program when said the inserting position is designated by said first designating method, and a second template tbr synthesizing an aspect designed to overwrite the set of said program strings of the individual requirement on the program string of said basic program when the inserting position is designated by said second designation method, and

said synthesizing unit synthesizes aspects corresponding to respective detected inserting positions respectively by using one of said first model form and said second model form selected according to the designating method.

17. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said template storage device stores a first template for synthesizing an aspect which is designed to insert said individual requirement before the set of program. strings subsequent to the position of a blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted, and a second template for synthesizing an aspect which is designed to insert said individual requirement by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted;

and

said synthesizing unit determines whether said inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted is the position of the blank within said basic program by referring to said basic program management table, and either synthesizes the aspect to be inserted before said set of program strings subsequent to said position of the blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding to said inserting position using said first template when said inserting position is said position of the blank, or synthesizes the aspect which is inserted by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding to said inserting position using said second template when said inserting position is not said position of the blank.

7. An information system, comprising:

a table storage device which stores a basic program management table which manages a plurality of sets of program strings which configures a basic program common to users of a development target application program, an individual requirement management table which manages sets of program strings which respectively implement individual requirements which can be defined fbr each user separately from said basic program, and a user management table which manages said individual requirements in association with each of said users;

a program storage device which stores a plurality of sets of said program strings of said basic program of an application program and the sets of program strings which respectively implement said individual requirements;

a template storage device which stores model forms for generating an aspect which implements said individual requirements, said aspect corresponding to respective inserting positions at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of program. strings of said basic program;

a program editing unit which presents an editing target program to a program developer by referring to said table storage device, receives editing operations of inserting said individual requirements which can be defined for each user in said basic program, and edits said program;

an individual requirement management unit which manages said individual requirements received by said program editing unit by registering said individual requirements in said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table in association with corresponding sets of program strings of said basic program with respect to each target user;

a synthesizing unit which synthesizes said aspect using said model form in accordance with said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table by referring to said table storage device and said template storage device; and

a program executing unit which executes said application program which implements said individual requirements of each user together with said basic program by incorporating said aspect synthesized by said synthesizing unit;

wherein;

said program editing unit receives designations regarding inserting positions for each user at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of the program strings of said basic program;

said individual requirement management unit updates said user management table with respect to each user based on the received designations regarding the respective inserting positions;

said synthesizing unit refers to said user management table to detect the inserting positions at which said individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of said program strings of said basic program on the basis of the designations regarding the inserting positions, to synthesize aspects corresponding to respective detected inserting positions by using said model forms on the basis of the received designations regarding inserting positions of said individual requirements, said aspects being designed to respectively insert program strings of the respective individual requirements o^-f at least one of the users in said program strings of said basic program;

said basic program management table has blank lines respectively inserted between successive two sets of program strings of said basic program and stores position identifiers assigned to positions of respective lines and respective corresponding sets of program strings in association, said lines including the inserted blank lines and lines of said plurality of program strings of said basic program;

said template storage device stores a first template for synthesizing an aspect which is designed to insert said individual requirement before the set of program strings subsequent to the position of a blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted; and

said synthesizing unit determines whether said inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted is the position of the blank within said basic program by referring to said basic program management table. and when said inserting position is said position of the blank, synthesizes the aspect to be inserted before said set of program strings subsequent to said position of the blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding. to said inserting position using said first template.

8. A program, stored in a memory device, for causing a computer to implement a program creation support apparatus for creating a development target application program, said program creation support apparatus comprising:

a table storage device which stores a basic program management table which manages a plurality of sets of program strings which configures a basic program common to users of said application program, an individual requirement management table which manages sets of program strings which respectively implement individual requirements which can be defined for each user separately from said basic program, and a user management table which manages said individual requirements in association with each of said users;

a template storage device which stores model forms for generating an aspect which implements said individual requirements, said aspect corresponding to respective inserting positions at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of program strings of said basic program;

a display unit which displays an operation screen to present said operation screen to a program developer; and

an operating unit which receives operations of said program developer,

said program causing the computer to execute;

a procedure for displaying and presenting an editing screen for allowing said program developer to edit an editing target program by referring to said table storage device;

a procedure for receiving editing operations of inserting said individual requirements, which can be defined for each user, in said basic program from said program developer through said operating unit;

a procedure for editing said program in accordance with the received editing operations;

a procedure for managing said received individual requirements by registering said individual requirements in said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table in association with corresponding sets of program strings of said basic program with respect to each target user;

a procedure for synthesizing said aspect using said model form in accordance with said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table by referring to said table storage device and said template storage device; and

a procedure for executing said application program which implements said individual requirements of each user together with said basic program by, incorporating the synthesized aspect;

wherein;

said procedure for editing includes receiving designations regarding inserting positions for each user at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of the program strings of said basic program;

said procedure for managing said received individual requirements includes updating said user management table with respect to each user based on the received designations regarding the respective inserting positions; and

said procedure for synthesizing includes referring to said user management table to detect the inserting positions at which said individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of said program strings of said basic program on the basis of the designations regarding the inserting positions, to synthesize aspects corresponding to respective detected inserting positions by using said model forms on the basis of the received designations regarding inserting positions of said individual requirements, said aspects being designed to respectively insert program strings of the respective individual requirements of at least one of the users in said program strings of said basic program;

said basic program management table has Hank lines respectively inserted between successive two sets of program strings of said basic program and stores position identifiers assigned to positions of respective lines and respective corresponding sets of program strings in association. said lines including the inserted blank hoes and lines of said plurality of program strings of said basic program;

said template storage device stores a first template for synthesizing an aspect Which is designed to insert said individual requirement before the set of program strings subsequent to the position of a. blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted; and

said procedure for synthesizing determines whether said inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted is the position of the blank within said basic program. by referring to said basic program management table, and when said inserting position is said position of the blank, synthesizes the aspect to be inserted before said set of program strings subsequent to said position of the blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding to said inserting position using said first template.

10. A program creation support apparatus comprising:

a table storage device which stores a basic program management table which manages a plurality of sets of program strings which configures a basic program common to users of a development target application program, an individual requirement management table which manages sets of program strings which respectively implement individual requirements which can be defined for each user separately from said basic program, and a user management table which manages said individual requirements in association with each of said users;

a template storage device which stores model forms for generating aspects which implement said individual requirements, said aspects corresponding to respective inserting positions at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of program strings of said basic program;

a program editing unit which presents an editing target program to a program developer by referring to said table storage device, receives editing operations of inserting said individual requirements which can be defined for each user in said basic program, and edits said program in accordance with the received editing operations;

an individual requirement management unit which manages said individual requirements received by said program editing unit by registering said individual requirements in said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table in association with corresponding sets of program strings of said basic program with respect to each target user; and

a synthesizing unit which synthesizes said aspect using said model form in accordance with said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table by referring to said table storage device and said template storage device;

wherein;

said program editing unit receives designations regarding inserting positions for each user at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of the program strings of said basic program;

said individual requirement management unit updates said user management table with respect to each user based on the received designations regarding the respective inserting positions;

said synthesizing unit refers to said user management table to detect the inserting positions at which said individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of said program strings of said basic program on the basis of the designations regarding the inserting positions, to synthesize aspects corresponding to respective detected inserting positions by using said model forms on the basis of the received designations regarding inserting positions of said individual requirements, said aspects being designed to respectively insert program strings of the respective individual requirements of at least one of the users in said program strings of said basic program;

said synthesizing unit creates said application program which implements said individual requirements of each user together with said basic program by incorporating the synthesized aspects;

said basic program management table has blank lines respectively inserted between successive two sets of program strings of said basic program and stores position identifiers-assigned to positions of respective lines and respective corresponding sets of program strings in association, said lines including the inserted blank lines and lines of said plurality of program strings of said basic program;

said template storage device stores a second template for synthesizing an aspect which is designed to insert said individual requirement by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted, and

said synthesizing unit determines whether said inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted is the position of the blank within said basic program by referring to said basic program management table, and when said inserting position is not said position of the blank, synthesizes the aspect which is inserted by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding to said inserting position using said second template.

11. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said program editing unit includes:

a presenting unit which presents said plurality of sets of program strings of said basic program to said program developer, and

said program editing unit makes said program developer designate said positions of said plurality of sets of program strings of said basic program presented on said presenting unit, as inserting positions at which said individual requirements of said target user are inserted and receives the designated inserting positions,

said individual requirement management unit manages said inserting positions and said individual requirements received by said program editing unit by registering said inserting positions and said individual requirements in said user management table and said individual requirement management table in association.

12. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said individual requirement management table stores identification information of said individual requirement and at least one set of program strings which implements said individual requirement in association.

13. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said user management table stores a combination of identification information of said individual requirement and a position identifier within said basic program at which said individual requirement is inserted in association with respect to each user.

14. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said basic program management table stores position identifiers representing said positions of said plurality of sets of program strings included in said basic program and respective corresponding said sets of program strings in association.

15. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

said template storage device stores a first template for synthesizing an aspect which is designed to insert said individual requirement before the set of program strings subsequent to the position of a blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted, and

said synthesizing unit determines whether said inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted is the position of the blank within said basic program by referring to said basic program management table, and when said inserting position is said position of the blank, synthesizes the aspect to be inserted before said set of program strings subsequent to said position of the blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding to said inserting position using said first template.

16. The program creation support apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said template storage device stores a first template for synthesizing an aspect which is designed to insert said individual requirement before the set of program strings subsequent to the position of a blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted, and a second template for synthesizing an aspect which is designed to insert said individual requirement by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted;

and

said synthesizing unit determines whether said inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted is the position of the blank within said basic program by referring to said basic program management table, and either synthesizes the aspect to be inserted before said set of program strings subsequent to said position of the blank indicated by said position identifier corresponding to said inserting position using said first template when said inserting position is said position of the blank, or synthesizes the aspect which is inserted by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding to said inserting position using said second template when said inserting position is not said position of the blank.

18. An information system, comprising:

a table storage device which stores a basic program management table which manages a plurality of sets of program strings which configures a basic program common to users of a development target application program, an individual requirement management table which manages sets of program strings which respectively implement individual requirements which can be defined for each user separately from said basic program, and a user management table which manages said individual requirements in association with each of said users;

a program storage device which stores a plurality of sets of said program strings of said basic program of an application program and the sets of program strings which respectively implement said individual requirements;

a template storage device which stores model forms for generating an aspect which implements said individual requirements, said aspect corresponding to respective inserting positions at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of program strings of said basic program;

a program editing unit which presents an editing target program to a program developer by referring to said table storage device, receives editing operations of inserting said individual requirements which can be defined for each user in said basic program, and edits said program;

an individual requirement management unit which manages said individual requirements received by said program editing unit by registering said individual requirements in said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table in association with corresponding sets of program strings of said basic program with respect to each target user;

a synthesizing unit which synthesizes said aspect using said model form in accordance with said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table by referring to said table storage device and said template storage device; and

a program executing unit which executes said application program which implements said individual requirements of each user together with said basic program by incorporating said aspect synthesized by said synthesizing unit;

wherein;

said program editing unit receives designations regarding inserting positions for each user at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of the program strings of said basic program;

said individual requirement management unit updates said user management table with respect to each user based on the received designations regarding the respective inserting positions; and

said synthesizing unit refers to said user management table to detect the inserting positions at which said individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of said program strings of said basic program on the basis of the designations regarding the inserting positions, to synthesize aspects corresponding to respective detected inserting positions by using said model forms on the basis of the received designations regarding inserting positions of said individual requirements, said aspects being designed to respectively insert program strings of the respective individual requirements of at least one of the users in said program strings of said basic program;

said basic program management table has blank lines respectively inserted between successive two sets of program strings of said basic program and stores position identifiers assigned to positions of respective lines and respective corresponding sets of program strings in association, said lines including the inserted blank lines and lines of said plurality of program strings of said basic program;

said template storage device stores a second template for synthesizing an aspect which is designed to insert said individual requirement by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted, and

said synthesizing unit determines whether said inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted is the position of the blank within said basic program by referring to said basic program management table, and when said inserting position is not said position of the blank, synthesizes the aspect which is inserted by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding to said inserting position using said second template.

19. A computer executing a program to implement a program creation support apparatus for creating a development target application program, said program creation support apparatus comprising:

a table storage device which stores a basic program management table which manages a plurality of sets of program strings which configures a basic program common to users of said application program, an individual requirement management table which manages sets of program strings which respectively implement individual requirements which can be defined for each user separately from said basic program, and a user management table which manages said individual requirements in association with each of said users;

a template storage device which stores model forms tor generating an aspect which implements said individual requirements, said aspect corresponding to respective inserting positions at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of program strings of said basic program;

a display unit which displays an operation screen to present said operation screen to a program developer; and

an operating unit which receives operations of said program developer;

said program causing the computer to execute;

a procedure for displaying and presenting an editing screen for allowing said program developer to edit an editing target program by referring to said table storage device;

a procedure for receiving editing operations of inserting said individual requirements, which can be defined for each user, in said basic program from said program developer through said operating unit;

a procedure for editing said program in accordance with the received editing operations;

a procedure for managing said received individual requirements by registering said individual requirements in said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table in association with corresponding sets of program strings of said basic program. with respect to each target user;

a procedure for synthesizing said aspect using said model form in accordance with said user management table, said basic program management table, and said individual requirement management table by referring to said table storage device and said template storage device; and

a procedure for executing said application program which implements said individual requirements of each user together with said basic program by incorporating the synthesized aspect;

wherein;

said procedure for editing includes receiving designations regarding inserting positions for each user at which respective individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of the program strings of said basic program;

said procedure for managing said received individual requirements includes updating said user management table with respect to each user based on the received designations regarding the respective inserting positions; and

said procedure for synthesizing includes referring to said user management table to detect the inserting positions at which said individual requirements are inserted in a plurality of said program strings of said basic program on the basis of the designations regarding the inserting positions, to synthesize aspects corresponding to respective detected inserting positions by using said model forms on the basis of the received designations regarding inserting positions of said individual requirements, said aspects being designed to respectively insert program strings of the respective individual requirements of at least one of the users in said program strings of said basic program;

said basic program management table has blank lines respectively inserted between successive two sets of program strings of said basic program and stores position identifiers assigned to positions of respective lines and respective corresponding sets of program strings in association, said lines including the inserted blank lines and lines of said plurality of program strings of said basic program;

said template storage device stores a second template for synthesizing an aspect which is designed to insert said individual requirement by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding to an inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted, and

said synthesizing unit determines whether said inserting position at which said individual requirement is inserted is the position of the blank within said basic program by referring to said basic program management table, and when said inserting position is not said position of the blank, synthesizes the aspect which is inserted by overwriting the set of program strings at said position indicated by said position identifier corresponding to said inserting position using said second template.