Restrictive visualization of a stereotype construct for entities in a visual modeling environment

US7840935B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Ulf Fildebrandt · Schwetzingen, DE
• Frank Seeger · Wiesloch, DE
• Yuval Gilboa · Pardesiya, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F8/34
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for stereotype constructs in a visual modeling environment. A method of generating applications includes providing a first set of modeling language entities and a predefined stereotype construct, receiving input specifying the stereotype construct as a component of an application being developed, and generating the application, where the application includes a runtime version of the stereotype construct. In that method, each entity in the first set of modeling language entities has an associated graphical representation, the stereotype construct defines an encapsulation of at least one or more modifications to a second set of one or more modeling language entities selected from the first set of modeling language entities, the stereotype construct has an associated graphical representation, and the associated graphical representation of the stereotype construct includes representations of properties of the entities in the second set of entities that are configurable by an end-user.