Systems, methods and computer program products for building frameworks in an object oriented environment

Claim 3

The system according to claim 1, wherein said means for generating an initial framework comprises: means for differentiating between user methods and framework methods in the initial framework; and means for identifying the first part of the initial framework as requiring completion, a second part of the initial framework as completed, and a third part of the initial framework which may be completed.

Claim 4

The system according to claim 2, wherein said displaying means comprises means, responsive to said identifying means, for displaying the first part of the initial framework and the third part of the initial framework without displaying the second part of the initial framework.

Claim 5

The system according to claim 1, wherein said displaying means comprises: means for displaying a tree view of the generated initial framework, said tree view comprising at least one file object; means for displaying a graph view of the objects in the generated initial framework, said graph view representing relationships between objects in the generated initial framework; means for displaying a method view of the methods corresponding to the objects in the generated initial framework; and means for displaying changes to the first part of the initial framework accepted by the accepting means.

Claim 6

The system according to claim 4, wherein said tree view comprises: the initial framework; and a plurality of actions for modifying the at least one file object in said initial framework.

Claim 7

The system according to claim 1 further comprising means for storing said completed framework.

Claim 8

The system according to claim 6 further comprising means for generating computer program code from the completed framework, said generated computer program code capable of being executed in a distributed computing environment.

Claim 9

The system according to claim 7 further comprising: means for parsing interface definitions prior to interactive generation of the initial framework; and means for importing said parsed interface definitions into said storing means.

Claim 10

The system according to claim 1, wherein said design is a business logic design.

Claim 11

The system according to claim 1, wherein said objects comprise at least one of a business object, a data object and an application object.

Claim 12

The system according to claim 1, wherein said design is a business logic design; and wherein said means for generating an initial framework comprises: means for accepting an initial business logic design; means, responsive to said initial business logic design generating means, for generating a business logic design corresponding to said initial business logic design; and means, responsive to said business logic design generating means, for importing said business logic design to said initial framework generating means.

Claim 13

The system according to claim 1, wherein said means for generating an initial framework comprises: means for displaying options for components of said initial framework and for accepting selection of said options to be included in the generated initial framework; means for generating the initial framework from said selected options and the business logic design; and means for storing the generated initial framework.

Claim 14

The system according to claim 1, wherein said completed framework is executed in a distributed computing enviroment.

Claim 17

The system according to claim 14, wherein said generating means comprises: means for differentiating between user methods and framework methods in the initial framework; and means for identifying the first part of the initial framework as requiring completion, a second part of the initial framework as completed, and a third part of the initial framework which may be completed.

Claim 18

The system according to claim 15, wherein said means for displaying the generated initial framework comprises means, responsive to said Identifying means, for displaying the first part of the initial framework and the third part of the initial framework without displaying the second part of the initial framework.

Claim 19

The system according to claim 14, wherein said means for displaying the generated initial framework comprises: means for displaying a tree view of the generated initial framework, said tree view comprising at least one file object; means for displaying a graph view of the objects in the generated initial framework, said graph view representing relationships between objects in the generated initial framework; means for displaying a method view of the methods corresponding to the objects in the generated initial framework; and means for displaying changes to the first part of the initial framework accepted by the accepting means.

Claim 20

The system according to claim 17, wherein said tree view comprises: the initial framework; and a plurality of actions for modifying the at least one file object in said initial framework.

Claim 21

The system according to claim 14 further comprising means for storing said completed framework.

Claim 22

The system according to claim 19 further comprising means for generating computer program code from the completed framework, said generated computer program code capable of being executed in a distributed computing environment.

Claim 23

The system according to claim 20 further comprising: means for parsing interface definitions prior to interactive generation of the initial framework; and means for importing said parsed interface definitions into said storing means.

Claim 24

The system according to claim 14, wherein said design is a business logic design.

Claim 25

The system according to claim 14, wherein said objects comprise at least one of a business object, a data object and an application object.

Claim 26

The system according to claim 23, wherein said design is a business logic design; and wherein said generating means comprises: means for accepting an initial business logic design; means, responsive to said initial business logic design generating means, for generating a business logic design corresponding to said initial business logic design; and means, responsive to said business logic design generating means, for importing said business logic design to said initial framework generating means.

Claim 27

The system according to claim 14, wherein said generating means comprises: means for displaying options for components of said initial framework and for accepting selection of said options to be included in the generated initial framework; means for generating the initial framework from said selected options and the business logic design; and means for storing the generated initial framework.

Claim 28

The system according to claim 14, wherein said completed framework is executed in a distributed computing environment.

Claim 31

The method according to claim 27, wherein said generating step comprises: differentiating between user methods and framework methods in the initial framework; and identifying the first part of the initial framework as requiring completion, a second part of the initial framework as completed, and a third part of the initial framework which may be completed.

Claim 32

The method according to claim 28, wherein said step of displaying the generated initial framework comprises displaying the first part of the initial framework and the third part of the initial framework without displaying the second part of the initial framework.

Claim 33

The method according to claim 27, wherein said displaying step comprises: displaying a tree view of the generated initial framework, said tree view comprising at least one file object; displaying a graph view of the objects in the generated initial framework, said graph view representing relationships between objects in the generated initial framework; displaying a method view of the methods corresponding to the objects in the generated initial framework; and displaying changes to the first part of the initial framework accepted by the accepting step.

Claim 34

The method according to claim 30, wherein said tree view comprises: the initial framework; and a plurality of actions for modifying the at least one file object in said initial framework.

Claim 35

The method according to claim 27 further comprising storing said completed framework.

Claim 36

The method according to claim 32 further comprising generating computer program code from the completed framework, said generated computer program code capable of being executed in a distributed computing environment.

Claim 37

The method according to claim 33 further comprising: parsing interface definitions prior to interactive generation of the initial framework; and importing said parsed interface definitions into said storing step.

Claim 38

The method according to claim 27, wherein said design is a business logic design.

Claim 39

The method according to claim 27, wherein said objects comprise at least one of a business object, a data object and an application object.

Claim 40

The method according to claim 27, wherein said design is a business logic design; and wherein said generating step comprises: accepting an initial business logic design; generating a business logic design corresponding to said initial business logic design; and importing said business logic design to said initial framework generating step.

Claim 41

The method according to claim 27, wherein said step of generating an initial framework comprises: displaying options for components of said initial framework and accepting selection of said options to be included in the generated initial framework; generating the initial framework from said selected options and the business logic design; and storing the generated initial framework.

Claim 42

The method according to claim 27, wherein said displaying and accepting steps comprise: displaying options corresponding to a plurality of object types and accepting selection of at least one of said displayed object type options; displaying options corresponding to a plurality of types of storage for storing persistent data corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said plurality of types of storage for storing persistent data; displaying options corresponding to instance management of the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said options corresponding to instance management; displaying attributes corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said attributes as a primary key and one of said attributes as a secondary key; displaying the attributes corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of at least one of said attributes for inclusion in a copy helper class; and displaying options corresponding to home and accepting selection of at least one of said options corresponding to home.

Claim 43

The method according to claim 27, wherein said completed framework is executed in a distributed computing environment.

Claim 46

The method according to claim 41, wherein said step of generating an initial framework comprises: differentiating between user methods and framework methods in the initial framework; and identifying the first part of the initial framework as requiring completion, a second part of the initial framework as completed, and a third part of the initial framework which may be completed.

Claim 47

The method according to claim 42, wherein said step of displaying an initial framework comprises displaying the first part of the initial framework and the third part of the initial framework without displaying the second part of the initial framework.

Claim 48

The method according to claim 41, wherein said step of displaying the generated initial framework comprises: displaying a tree view of the generated initial framework, said tree view comprising at least one file object; displaying a graph view of the objects in the generated initial framework, said graph view representing relationships between objects in the generated initial framework; displaying a method view of the methods corresponding to the objects in the generated initial framework; and displaying changes to the first part of the initial framework accepted by the accepting step.

Claim 49

The method according to claim 44, wherein said tree view comprises: the initial framework; and a plurality of actions for modifying the at least one file object in said initial framework.

Claim 50

The method according to claim 42 further comprising storing said completed framework.

Claim 51

The method according to claim 46 further comprising generating computer program code from the completed framework, said generated computer program code capable of being executed in a distributed computing environment.

Claim 52

The method according to claim 47 further comprising: parsing interface definitions prior to interactive generation of the initial framework; and importing said parsed interface definitions into said storing step.

Claim 53

The method according to claim 41, wherein said design is a business logic design.

Claim 54

The method according to claim 41, wherein said objects comprise at least one of a business object, a data object and an application object.

Claim 55

The method according to claim 50, wherein said design is a business logic design; and wherein said generating step comprises: accepting an initial business logic design; generating a business logic design corresponding to said initial business logic design; and importing said business logic design to said initial framework generating step.

Claim 56

The method according to claim 41, wherein said generating step comprises: displaying options for components of said initial framework and accepting selection of said options to be included in the generated initial framework; generating the initial framework from said selected options and the business logic design; and storing the generated initial framework.

Claim 57

The method according to claim 41, wherein said completed framework is executed in a distributed computing environment.

Claim 58

A computer program product for building a framework of objects corresponding to a design for an object oriented application, said computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium having computer readable code means embodied in said medium, said computer readable code means comprising: computer instruction means for generating an initial framework corresponding to the design, said initial framework corresponding to at least one of file objects, module objects, interface objects, methods and attributes; computer instructions means for displaying the generated initial framework; computer instruction means for accepting changes to a first part of the initial framework; computer instruction means for implementing the accepted changes to the first part of the initial framework to obtain a completed framework; wherein said generating means further comprises: computer instruction means for displaying options for types of run-time objects and for selecting selection of at least one of said options for types of run-time objects to be included in the completed framework; computer instruction means for generating run-time objects from said selected options and a business logic design; and computer instruction means for storing the run-time objects.

Claim 59

A computer program product for building a framework of objects corresponding to a design for an object oriented application, said computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium having computer readable code means embodied in said medium, said computer readable code means comprising: computer instruction means for generating an initial framework corresponding to the design, said initial framework corresponding to at least one of file objects, module objects, interface objects, methods and attributes; computer instructions means for displaying the generated initial framework; computer instruction means for accepting changes to a first part of the initial framework; computer instruction means for implementing the accepted changes to the first part of the initial framework to obtain a completed framework; wherein said generating means further comprises: computer instruction means for displaying options for types of run-time objects and for selecting selection of at least one of said options for types of run-time objects to be included in the completed framework; computer instruction means for generating run-time objects from said selected options and a business logic design; and computer instruction means for storing the run-time objects.

Claim 60

The computer program product according to claim 54, wherein said computer instruction means for generating an initial framework comprises: computer instruction means for differentiating between user methods and framework methods in the initial framework; and computer instruction means for identifying the first part of the initial framework as requiring completion, a second part of the initial framework as completed, and a third part of the initial framework which may be completed.

Claim 61

The computer program product according to claim 55, wherein said computer instruction means for displaying the generated initial framework comprises computer instruction means for displaying the first part of the initial framework and the third part of the initial framework without displaying the second part of the initial framework.

Claim 62

The computer program product according to claim 54, wherein said computer instruction means for displaying the generated initial framework comprises: computer instruction means for displaying a tree view of the generated initial framework, said tree view comprising at least one file object; computer instruction means for displaying a graph view of the objects in the generated initial framework, said graph view representing relationships between objects in the generated initial framework; computer instruction means for displaying a method view of the methods corresponding to the objects in the generated initial framework; and computer instruction means for displaying changes to the first part of the initial framework accepted by the accepting means.

Claim 63

The computer program product according to claim 57, wherein said tree view comprises: the initial framework; and a plurality of actions for modifying the at least one file object in said initial framework.

Claim 64

The computer program product according to claim 54 further comprising computer instruction means for generating computer program code from the completed framework, said generated computer program code being capable of being executed in a distributed computing environment.

Claim 65

The computer program product according to claim 59 further comprising: computer instruction means for parsing Interface definitions prior to interactive generation of the initial framework; and computer instruction means for importing said parsed interface definitions.

Claim 66

The computer program product according to claim 54, wherein said design is a business logic design.

Claim 67

The computer program product according to claim 54, wherein said objects comprise at least one of a business object, a data object and an application object.

Claim 68

The computer program product according to claim 54, wherein said design is a business logic design; and wherein said computer instruction means for generating an initial framework comprises: computer instruction means for accepting an initial business logic design; computer instruction means for generating a business logic design corresponding to said initial business logic design; and computer instruction means for importing said business logic design to said computer instruction means for generating an initial framework.

Claim 69

The system according to claim 54, wherein said computer instruction means for generating an initial framework comprises: computer instruction means for displaying options for components of said initial framework and accepting selection of said options to be included in the generated initial framework; computer instruction means for generating the initial framework from said selected options and the business logic design; and computer instruction means for storing the generated initial framework.

Claim 70

The computer program product according to claim 54, wherein said displaying and accepting means comprise: computer instruction means for displaying options corresponding to a plurality of object types and accepting selection of at least one of said displayed object type options; computer instruction means for displaying options corresponding to a plurality of types of storage for storing persistent data corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said plurality of types of storage for storing persistent data; computer instruction means for displaying options corresponding to instance management of the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said options corresponding to instance management; computer instruction means for displaying attributes corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said attributes as a primary key and one of said attributes as a secondary key; computer instruction means for displaying the attributes corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of at least one of said attributes for inclusion in a copy helper class; and computer instruction means for displaying options corresponding to home and accepting selection of at least one of said options corresponding to home.

Claim 71

A computer program product for building a framework of objects corresponding to a design for an object oriented application, said computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium having computer readable code means embodied in said medium, said computer readable code means comprising: computer instruction means for generating an initial framework corresponding to the design, said initial framework comprising at least one of file objects, module objects, interface objects, methods and attributes; computer instruction means for displaying the generated initial framework; computer instruction means for accepting changes to a first part of the initial framework; and computer instruction means for implementing the accepted changes to the first part of the initial framework to obtain a completed framework; and wherein said displaying and accepting means comprise: computer instruction means for displaying options corresponding to a plurality of object types and accepting selection of at least one of said displayed object type options; computer instruction means for displaying options corresponding to a plurality of types of storage for storing persistent data corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said plurality of types of storage for storing persistent data; computer instruction means for displaying options corresponding to instance management of the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said options corresponding to instance management; computer instruction means for means for displaying attributes corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said attributes as a primary key and one of said attributes as a secondary key; computer instruction means for means for displaying the attributes corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of at least one of said attributes for inclusion in a copy helper class; and computer instruction means for means for displaying options corresponding to home and accepting selection of at least one of said options corresponding to home.

Claim 72

A computer program product for building a framework of objects corresponding to a design for an object oriented application, said computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium having computer readable code means embodied in said medium, said computer readable code means comprising: computer instruction means for generating an initial framework corresponding to the design, said initial framework comprising at least one of file objects, module objects, interface objects, methods and attributes; computer instruction means for displaying the generated initial framework; computer instruction means for accepting changes to a first part of the initial framework; and computer instruction means for implementing the accepted changes to the first part of the initial framework to obtain a completed framework; and wherein said displaying and accepting means comprise: computer instruction means for displaying options corresponding to a plurality of object types and accepting selection of at least one of said displayed object type options; computer instruction means for displaying options corresponding to a plurality of types of storage for storing persistent data corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said plurality of types of storage for storing persistent data; computer instruction means for displaying options corresponding to instance management of the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said options corresponding to instance management; computer instruction means for means for displaying attributes corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of one of said attributes as a primary key and one of said attributes as a secondary key; computer instruction means for means for displaying the attributes corresponding to the initial framework and accepting selection of at least one of said attributes for inclusion in a copy helper class; and computer instruction means for means for displaying options corresponding to home and accepting selection of at least one of said options corresponding to home.

Claim 73

The computer program product according to claim 66, wherein said generating means comprises: computer instruction means for differentiating between user methods and framework methods in the initial framework; and computer instruction means for identifying the first part of the initial framework as requiring completion, a second part of the initial framework as completed, and a third part of the initial framework which may be completed.

Claim 74

The computer program product according to claim 67, wherein said computer instruction means for displaying the generated initial framework comprises computer instruction means for displaying the first part of the initial framework and the third part of the initial framework without displaying the second part of the initial framework.

Claim 75

The computer program product according to claim 66, wherein said computer instruction means for displaying the generated initial framework comprises: computer instruction means for displaying a tree view of the generated initial framework, said tree view comprising at least one file object; computer instruction means for displaying a graph view of the objects in the generated initial framework, said graph view representing relationships between objects in the generated initial framework; computer instruction means for displaying a method view of the methods corresponding to the objects in the generated initial framework; and computer instruction means for displaying changes to the first part of the initial framework accepted by the accepting computer instruction means.

Claim 76

The computer program product according to claim 69, wherein said tree view comprises: the initial framework; and a plurality of actions for modifying the at least one file object in said initial framework.

Claim 77

The computer program product according to claim 66 further comprising computer instruction means for generating computer program code from the completed framework, said generated computer program code capable of being executed in a distributed computing environment.

Claim 78

The computer program product according to claim 71 further comprising: computer instruction means for parsing interface definitions prior to interactive generation of the initial framework; and computer instruction means for importing said parsed interface definitions.

Claim 79

The computer program product according to claim 66, wherein said design is a business logic design.

Claim 80

The computer program product according to claim 66, wherein said objects comprise at least one of a business object, a data object and an application object.

Claim 81

The computer program product according to claim 74, wherein said design is a business logic design; and wherein said generating means comprises: computer instruction means for accepting an initial business logic design; computer instruction means for generating a business logic design corresponding to said initial business logic design; and computer instruction means for importing said business logic design to said initial framework generating means.

Claim 82

The computer program product according to claim 66, wherein said generating means comprises: computer instruction means for displaying options for components of said initial framework and accepting selection of said options to be included in the generated initial framework; computer instruction means for generating the initial framework from said selected options and the business logic design; and computer instruction means for storing the generated initial framework.