Device driver conversion and creation

A computer-implemented method for creation of a device driver application layer for a device in a first architecture, based upon an existing device driver of a second architecture, comprising:

• interrogating the existing device driver for information descriptive of the existing device driver capabilities;
• converting the existing device driver information into values understood by the first architecture;
• and
• generating source code for the new device driver application layer based upon the convened values,
• wherein the gathered information includes at least the attributes descriptive of the capabilities of the device as well as events and commands supported by the existing driver,
• wherein the first architecture is Windows Imaging Acquisition and the second architecture is Technology Without An Interesting Name, and
• wherein the source code is generated by applying a template of driver application layer source code, particular to the first architecture, to the converted values.

A computer-implemented method for converting information descriptive of a first device driver for a device in a first architecture to information descriptive of a second device driver in a second architecture, comprising:

• receiving information descriptive of the device driver in the first architecture;
• applying a mapping component to the received information, the mapping component containing values descriptive of the first device driver in the first architecture and corresponding values descriptive of the second device driver in the second architecture;
• and
• outputting the values descriptive of the second device driver in the second architecture corresponding to the received information,
• wherein the received information includes at least the attributes descriptive of the capabilities of the device as well as events and commands supported by the existing driver, and
• wherein the manning component generates source code for the second device driver by applying a template of driver application source code, particular to the second device driver, to the values descriptive of the second device driver.