Object oriented programming system with displayable natural language documentation through dual translation of program source code
US5953526A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/73
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer controlled object oriented programming system for interfacing a plurality of programming objects with each other to provide combination objects combining programming functions of the objects, each object including predetermined interface data defining a required common interface with the other programming objects in a framework of events, attributes and methods for manipulating the attributes. These objects may be combined with each other via their common interfaces to form combination objects and such combination objects may in turn be further combined with other objects and combination objects to form objects of increasing complexity which function as complete programs. There is provided a displayable output of documentation for the programming objects in which the basic documentation provided for an object oriented program by its developers may be added to or modified without the need to change the framework of the objects in the program. To accomplish this, the invention involves the combination of two documentation functions: 1) the basic documentation program which translates source code data within the object framework, and 2) an implementation translating a porti…
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