Apparatus and method for modeling frameworks via use of object-oriented analysis information
US6330527A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 2, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99944
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An inventive apparatus and method are to structurally and movably model frameworks by discriminating classes, control flows and interfaces within the framework, from analysis information generated through a use of a unified modeling language. The inventive method includes a first step of describing, by using the UML, a use case diagram, a flow of events, a sequence diagram and a class diagram; a second step of discriminating frameworks from the use case diagram; a third step of discriminating objects and messages of the sequence diagram and identifying a relation among classes within the class diagram, and thereby structurally modeling the framework; and a fourth step of distinguishing objects, message flows and messages of the sequence diagram, and identifying classes, control flows and interfaces within the framework, and thereby movably modeling the framework. Such embodied framework can be utilized as a substructure in developing software of a computing system.
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