Method of and apparatus for automatically generating application program
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsTsuyoshi Washizaki, Yoshinori Akiyama, Etsuko Nakada, Takeo Ishii, Isao Nishiyama
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Abstract
A method of and apparatus for automatically generating a program such as a slip processing program are provided. Prepared is a definition file for defining the input specification and output specification of the program. In accordance with information of the definition file, a term table for input and output items of the program is formed. The term table is referred to check if each output item term is included therein which matches with an input item term. Upon detection of the matched item term, a posting process program for that item term is automatically described.
Claims7
An application program generating apparatus for generating an application program wherein said application program reads an input file and produces an output file based on input items contained in the input file, comprising:
- an input/output specification file for defining a list of input terms representing said input items and a list of output terms representing output items to be produced on said output file;
- table generating and storing means for generating a term table consisting of said input terms and output terms derived from said input/output specification file, and storing therein said term table;
- check means coupled to said table generating and storing means for checking each output term in said term table with each input term therein and deriving identical item terms;
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- program describing means coupled to an output from said check means for generating said application program including a posting process for posting an input item to an output item with respect to each of said derived identical item terms.
A method of automatically generating an application program, wherein said application program reads an input file and produces an output file based on input items contained in the input file, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an input/output specification file for defining a list of input terms representing said input items and a list of output terms representing output items to be produced on said output file;
- (b) receiving information of said input/output specification file, generating a term table consisting of said input terms and output terms derived from said received information and storing said term table;
- (c) checking each input term in said term table with each output term therein and deriving identical item terms;
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- (d) automatically generating said application program including a posting process for posting an input item to an output item with respect to each of said derived identical item terms.
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