System and method for discovering host-based application assets for the development of business-centric software components

The method as in claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

• g. creating a host reply object for said constituent elements of said screen for associating said data names with data values of said data stream received from said host;
• h. creating a request object for said constituent elements of said screen for associating said data names with data values to create a second data stream to be transmitted to said host;
• and,
• i. repeating all of the steps in claims 1 and 2 hereof.

In a computer system having a client, a server and a host, including a repository, a method for discovering host-based legacy screen assets, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. creating an application object including a collection of said legacy screen assets;
• b. receiving a stream of data representative of a legacy screen asset from said host in response to a request by said client for screen text and data fields;
• c. parsing said data stream into constituent elements and storing the same in a recognition file;
• e. associating said constituent elements with data names that are stored in said repository;
• f. creating a host reply object for said constituent elements of said screen for associating said data names with data values of said data stream received from said host;
• g. creating a request object for said constituent elements of said screen for associating said data names with data values to create a second data stream to be transmitted to said host;
• and,
• h. repeating all of the steps above for each legacy screen asset, thereby creating a specification for each of said legacy screen assets.

A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for discovering host-based legacy screen assets, said machine including a computer system having a client, a server and a host, including a repository, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. creating an application object comprising a collection of said legacy screen assets;
• b. creating a recognition file for storing constituent elements of said legacy screen assets;
• c. receiving a first stream of data representative of said legacy screen asset from said host in response to a request by said client for data fields;
• c. parsing said first data stream into constituent elements, storing the same in said recognition file and associating said constituent elements with said screen assets;
• d. appending said constituent elements of said first data stream to said recognition file for said screen asset;
• and,
• e. associating said constituent elements of said screen asset with data names that are stored in said repository.

A program storage device as in claim 6 wherein said method further comprises the steps of:

• g. creating a host reply object for said constituent elements of said screen for associating said data names with data values of said data stream received from said host;
• h. creating a request object for said constituent elements of said screen for associating said data names with data values to create a second data stream to be transmitted to said host;
• and,
• i. repeating all of the steps in claims 6 and 7 hereof.

A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for discovering host-based legacy screen assets, said machine including a computer system having a client, a server and a host, including a repository, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. creating an application object including a collection of said legacy screen assets;
• b. receiving a stream of data representative of a legacy screen asset from said host in response to a request by said client for screen text and data fields;
• c. parsing said data stream into constituent elements and storing the same in a recognition file;
• e. associating said constituent elements with data names that are stored in said repository;
• f. creating a host reply object for said constituent elements of said screen for associating said data names with data values of said data stream received from said host;
• g. creating a request object for said constituent elements of said screen for associating said data names with data values to create a second data stream to be transmitted to said host;
• and,
• h. repeating all of the steps above for each legacy screen asset, thereby creating a specification for each of said legacy screen assets.