Hierarchically structured control information editor

A method for displaying hierarchically structured data, comprising the steps of:

• specifying hierarchy information concerning parametric elements of said hierarchically structured data;
• editing a template for said hierarchically structured data and specifying non-parametric elements of said data;
• specifying a context parameter as a parametric element of said data;
• associating a display characteristic with each said context parameter;
• specifying a filtering option for at least one block of said hierarchically structured data comprising at least one non-parametric element and one parametric element;
• and
• displaying said hierarchically structured data identified using said display characteristic.

A method for transforming hierarchically structured data into code generator script data, comprising the steps of:

• specifying hierarchy information concerning parametric elements of said hierarchically structured data;
• editing a template for said hierarchically structured data and specifying non-parametric elements of said data;
• specifying a context parameter as a parametric element of said data;
• specifying a filtering option for at least one block of said hierarchically structured data comprising at least one non-parametric element and one parametric element;
• generating code generator script data using said hierarchy information, said template, said filtering option and said context parameter for a desired source code language.

A system for transforming hierarchically structured data into code generator script data, comprising:

• a hierarchy information definer for specifying hierarchy information concerning parametric elements of said hierarchically structured data;
• an editor for editing a template for said hierarchically structured data and specifying non-parametric elements of said data;
• a context definer for specifying a context parameter as a parametric element of said data;
• a filter definer for specifying a filtering option for at least one block of said hierarchically structured data comprising at least one non-parametric element and one parametric element;
• a script generator for generating code generator script data using said hierarchy information, said template, said filtering option and said context parameter for a desired source code language.