System and method and apparatus for using uml tools for defining web service bound component applications

An application development system for developing an application including a plurality of application components, the system comprising:

• a mapping analyzer analyzing message components and data components in the plurality of application components, and generating a cross-component mapping between the message components and the data components;
• a modeling tool importing the plurality of application components in a comparable component definition format;
• the modeling tool defining a data relation between data, screens, and operations embodied in the plurality of application components in an application model, the application model having a static structural characteristic, a dynamic behavioral characteristic and an implementation characteristic, the static structural characteristic defining parts of the application, the dynamic behavioral characteristic defining responsiveness of the application to events or actions, the implementation characteristic describing elements required for deploying the application;
• the modeling tool updating the cross-component mapping;
• and
• an application converter for modifying the cross-component mapping or generating a new mapping, for insertion into the plurality of application components;
• the application converter converting the plurality of application components into a schema format defined by the application;
• wherein the application development system is executed in a computer processor.

A method for developing an application including a plurality of application components, the method comprising:

• analyzing message components and data components in the plurality of application components, and generating a cross-component mapping between the message components and the data components;
• importing, into a modeling tool in a computer processor, the plurality of application components in a comparable component definition format;
• defining a data relation between data, screens, and operations embodied in the plurality of application components in an application model, the application model having a static structural characteristic, a dynamic behavioral characteristic and an implementation characteristic, the static structural characteristic defining parts of the application, the dynamic behavioral characteristic defining responsiveness of the application to events or actions, the implementation characteristic describing elements required for deploying the application;
• updating the cross-component mapping;
• and
• modifying the cross-component mapping or generating a new mapping, for insertion into the plurality of application components;
• the application converter converting the plurality of application components into a schema format defined by the application.

A computer readable storage medium storing instructions or statements for use in the execution in a computer of a method for developing an application including a plurality of application components, the method comprising:

• analyzing message components and data components in the plurality of application components, and generating a cross-component mapping between the message components and the data components;
• importing, into a modeling tool in a computer processor, the plurality of application components in a comparable component definition format;
• defining a data relation between data, screens, and operations embodied in the plurality of application components in an application model, the application model having a static structural characteristic, a dynamic behavioral characteristic and an implementation characteristic, the static structural characteristic defining parts of the application, the dynamic behavioral characteristic defining responsiveness of the application to events or actions, the implementation characteristic describing elements required for deploying the application;
• updating the cross-component mapping;
• and
• modifying the cross-component mapping or generating a new mapping, for insertion into the plurality of application components;
• the application converter converting the plurality of application components into a schema format defined by the application.