Database exploration for building wireless component applications

An computing device configured to implement an application development tool for facilitating development of an application having access to a database data-source, the application development tool providing the computing device with:

• means for identifying at least one subroutine that is a candidate for potentially including hidden information;
• means for generating a definition document for the subroutine using information available from its available schema metadata;
• means for executing the subroutine via the database data-source;
• means for analysing a result set of the executed subroutine for exposing any hidden information;
• and
• means for using the analysis to supplement the definition document with additional schema information to describe a structure of the exposed information, the definition document for use in developing the application.

A computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to implement the steps of:

• identifying at least one subroutine that is a candidate for potentially including hidden information;
• generating a definition document for the subroutine using information available from its available schema metadata;
• executing the subroutine via the database data-source;
• analysing a result set of the executed subroutine for exposing any hidden information;
• and
• using the analysis to supplement the definition document with additional schema information to describe a structure of the exposed information, the definition document for use in developing the application.