Method and apparatus of incrementally linking components of a modeled computer program
US5519866A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/71
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A human oriented object programming system provides an interactive and dynamic process for the incremental building of computer programs which facilitates the development of complex computer programs such as operating systems and large applications with graphic user interfaces (GUIs). The program is modeled as a collection of units called components. A component represents a single compilable language element such as a class or a function. The major functionalities are the database, the compiler, build and link mechanism. The database stores the components and properties. The compiler, along with compiling the source code of a property, and generating object code is responsible for calculating the dependencies associated with a component. The build mechanism uses properties of components along with the compiler generated dependencies to correctly and efficiently sequence the compilation of components during a build process. The link mechanism links all object code as the component stores it in the component database. Only updated components require linking operations.
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