JP2005216001A - Information processor and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor which attains system construction and customization considering a flow of data of entire processing without creating and correcting programs at all. <P>SOLUTION: The information processor 100 stores an XML file 113 designating a fundamental function part 101 to be first executed, through a user interface 111. AN operation control part 112 refers to the XML file 113 to acquire positioning of processing, processing contents, and a processing execution condition and compares the processing execution condition with data in a data storage area which a fundamental function part instance 114 of an execution object has. When the processing execution condition is met, the fundamental function part 101 of an initial execution object is transmitted, and the operation control part 112 generates the fundamental function part instance 114 from a fundamental function part class 108 being an execution object, and instructions are executed which the fundamental function part instance 114 has. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, and more particularly to a technique for realizing creation and customization of information processing contents performed by an information processing apparatus such as a computer.

  In general, information processing using a computer is determined by installed software. However, in order to change the information processing function and contents of individually developed software, the fundamental software update / correction is required each time. Etc., and the burden required for the change is enormous.

In order to cope with this change in software, several techniques have been proposed in the past, including the following three examples.
The first technique is a method of constructing software that includes room for customization in advance, and a function that is actually used by configuring multifunctional software in advance so as to include the assumed diversity. A variety of processing contents can be realized simply by specifying the parameter with a parameter or the like.
The second technique is a so-called object-oriented programming method, and the software configured by this method realizes the entire process with a combination of modules that execute relatively simple functions. The addition can be performed relatively easily. Various processing contents can be realized by module replacement or the like.
The third technique is a technique called Web programming, which is widely used on the Internet. In the client, an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) file or script is transmitted from the server on the Internet to the client. Various processes can be realized. For example, in a client equipped with a browser, a variety of display screens can be realized only by changing the HTML file, without changing the software.

However, these technologies have the following problems, and at the present time, they cannot sufficiently cope with customization required in the information processing apparatus.
In the first technique, when customization beyond the range considered in advance at the time of software construction is requested, it is not possible to cope with it sufficiently.
In the second technology, when a new function is added, it is necessary to create a module corresponding to the added function, and to modify the main program so that the added module is called. It is said.
In the third technique, the functions that can be handled by HTML are relatively limited and are not suitable for providing a sufficient information processing function. On the other hand, although the functions that can be realized are expanded by a technique called XML (eXtensible Markup Language), it does not provide a sufficient information processing function by itself.

  In order to solve these problems, an execution engine 120, an application browser 130, and components 131a and 131b that are activated on a browser are prepared for the purpose of updating and customizing processing contents in the information processing apparatus. The execution engine 120 reads the flow definition 14 described in XML, and sequentially executes commands specified by tags. If screen display is requested, the application browser 130 is called. The application browser 130 reads the screen definition, activates each component, and generates a display screen. In this way, software having only basic and general-purpose functions is prepared, and the processing contents can be modified without any software modification by giving the substantial processing contents as an XML electronic document. An information processing apparatus that can be customized has been proposed. In other words, by providing software with only basic and general-purpose functions and providing substantial processing contents as XML electronic documents, it is proposed to realize modification of processing contents without any software modification. (See Patent Document 1).

Another similar known technique aims to provide a user interface generator that automatically generates a user interface, receives a call from a running application, accesses an XSD file, and is specified by the XSD file. This is a user interface generator that can generate a user interface according to the data structure. Note that another embodiment of this approach is to provide one or more user input mechanisms for accepting user input defining a data structure in an XML file and collecting data corresponding to the defined data structure. There has been proposed a method of automatically generating a user interface that is a schema editor for preparing an XSD file that can be created (see Patent Document 2).
JP 2003-216427 A JP 2003-288143 A

However, the inventions disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 only provide basic and general-purpose functions, and the processing units are substantially independent, so that continuous processing is realized. Can not do it.
In the prior art, even if the processing flow is defined, it is the program that is assigned to the node, and the program is changed when the flow is changed. And in the case of new addition, the program for the addition had to be created.
Furthermore, there has been a conventional idea of defining a processing flow and assigning instances to nodes, but all instances are not formed at the time of program execution and executed sequentially.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and uses only basic modules as programs constituting the system. As a result, no program creation or modification is performed, and data of the entire process is obtained. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus capable of performing system construction and customization work in consideration of the above flow.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is configured as an individual element, and includes a plurality of basic function units that realize predetermined basic functions set in advance, Among the basic function units, a designation unit for designating a basic function unit to be operated first, an operation control unit for generating a program from the basic function unit designated by the designation unit, and executing processing of the generated program, An electronic document storage unit for specifying an electronic document that specifies a basic function unit to be used for processing from among the plurality of basic functional units and that defines processing contents and execution order, and an electronic device stored in the electronic document storage unit A recursive program execution instruction unit that recursively executes the processing of the generated program as well as generating a program from the identified basic function unit in accordance with the provisions of the document And it features.

  An information processing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising a data storage unit that stores data generated during execution of the processing of the program, wherein the data storage unit is A data record storage unit that stores a data name and a data value as a set of information, and a data table storage unit that stores a plurality of data values for the data name are provided.

  An information processing apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect, wherein the content defined in the electronic document is compared with the data name stored in the data record storage unit. When there is a match, an operation execution command section is provided for executing an operation by replacing the data value corresponding to the data name.

  An information processing apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the information processing apparatus according to the second or third aspect, wherein the external data operation content defined in the electronic document and the data record storage unit are stored. Compare with the data name, and if there is a match, replace with the data value corresponding to the data name and execute an external data operation on the external data storage device based on the data value It comprises the part.

  An information processing apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the information processing apparatus according to any one of the second to fourth aspects, wherein the process execution condition information that defines an execution condition of a process included in the electronic document and the information processing apparatus A data value replacement unit is provided that compares the data name stored in the data record storage unit and replaces the data name with a data value corresponding to the data name if a match is included.

  The information processing apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the information processing apparatus according to the fifth aspect, wherein after the data value replacement unit replaces the data value corresponding to the data name, the processing execution conditions match. Is provided with an execution instruction section that operates an instruction but does not execute an instruction if they do not match.

  The information processing method of the present invention according to claim 7 is configured as an individual element, storing a plurality of basic function units for realizing a predetermined basic function set in advance, and a plurality of basic function units Among them, a designation step for designating a basic function unit to be operated first, a program for generating a program from the basic function unit designated by the designation step, and an operation control step for executing processing of the generated program, An electronic document storage step for specifying a basic function unit to be used for processing from among a plurality of basic function units, storing an electronic document that defines processing contents and execution order, and an electronic stored in the electronic document storage step A recursive program that generates a program from the basic function unit and executes the generated program recursively according to the document specifications. Characterized in that it comprises a command step.

  An information processing method according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is the information processing method according to the seventh aspect, further comprising a data storage step of storing data generated during execution of the processing of the program, wherein the data storage step includes: A data record storing step for storing a data name and a data value as a set of information, and a data table storing step for storing a plurality of data values for the data name are included.

  The information processing method of the present invention according to claim 9 is the information processing method according to claim 8, wherein the contents defined in the electronic document and the data name stored in the data record storage step are compared. When there is a match, an operation execution instruction step for executing an operation by replacing the data value with the data name is included.

  An information processing method according to a tenth aspect of the present invention is the information processing method according to the eighth or ninth aspect, wherein the external data operation content defined in the electronic document and the data record storing step are stored. Compare with the data name, and if there is a match, replace with the data value corresponding to the data name and execute an external data operation on the external data storage device based on the data value Including steps.

  An information processing method according to an eleventh aspect of the present invention is the information processing method according to any one of the eighth to tenth aspects, wherein the process execution condition information defining a process execution condition included in the electronic document and the information processing method A comparison is made with the data name stored in the data record storage step, and if a match is included, a data value replacement step is included in which the data value is replaced with a data value corresponding to the data name.

  The information processing method according to a twelfth aspect of the present invention is the information processing method according to the eleventh aspect, wherein the processing execution condition matches after the data value replacement step replaces the data value corresponding to the data name. In this case, an execution instruction step is included in which the instruction is executed, but the instruction is not executed if they do not match.

  In addition, the problems disclosed by the present application and the solutions thereof will be clarified by the embodiments of the present invention and the drawings.

  According to the present invention, only a basic module is used as a program constituting the system, and as a result, the system construction and customization work can be performed in consideration of the data flow of the entire process without any program creation and modification. An information processing apparatus can be provided.

  In the present invention, the recursive program execution instruction unit generates a program from the identified basic function unit in accordance with the regulations of the electronic document stored in the electronic document storage unit, and recursively executes the processing of the generated program It is characterized by. As a result, even when a necessary process is newly added, it is only necessary to set an attribute value, and there is no need to change the program itself.

First, the meaning of terms is defined.
XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a language for transmitting and receiving data via a network, and is a kind of meta language in which a user can specify a unique tag. Similarly, it takes the form of a subset of SGML that can specify a unique tag, and was created with the goal of being able to send and receive arbitrary data with the same feeling as HTML. Because of its nature, XML is often used as a framework for other markup languages. As XML-based markup languages, SOAP that calls services of other computers via remote, and SVG that expresses vector images on the Web are well known.

  Object oriented is an idea that emphasizes the operation target rather than the operation procedure in software design and development. A set of related data and procedures (methods) for the related data are managed as a single unit called an “object”, and software is constructed by combining them. For existing objects, it is not necessary to know the details of the internal structure and operation principle when using them, and it works if you send a message from the outside, so it is considered to be an effective concept especially in large-scale software development. It is called “object” orientation because it is a way of thinking of data and its collections as “things” in the real world. For example, when we operate a television, there is no need to understand what circuits are working inside the television. If you only know how to use the TV, you can use it. That is, the object “television” knows the procedure for operating itself (the electronic circuit constituting the inside), and in order to use it, it is only necessary to give an appropriate message (for example, with a remote controller). Thus, a combination of some “data” and a “method” for operating it is an “object”. It can be said that by setting a specific operation method for each operation target, the details of the internal operation are obscured and used easily. A programming technique that applies this concept is object-oriented programming (OOP).

  An instance is data as an actual value based on a class in object-oriented programming. In many cases, it is used in contrast to a class, and a class is described as a “type” and an instance is described as an “entity”. Although it is often used almost synonymously with "object", it is a term that captures the substance of the data more specifically and directly because it has a strong meaning as a set of data that is actually arranged in memory. For example, if there is a class “name, height, weight”, the instance is created as “Tanaka, 175, 65”. Multiple instances can be created from a single class, and each instance can have a different value. What is actually handled in the program is not the class, but the instance created in this way.

Hereinafter, embodiments (configuration and operation) of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory block diagram showing a module configuration for defining processing of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
Reference numeral 100 denotes an information processing apparatus, which includes a basic function unit 101 having an attribute 102 and an electronic document (not shown) that defines the processing flow of the basic function unit 101. As will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 below, this electronic document is a text file describing the attribute 102 itself.

  In this actual example, it is assumed that the electronic document is described in XML, and the basic function unit is implemented by using an object-oriented language in terms of software. As a result, the basic function class described below has a basic and general-purpose program structure, a basic function instance that is an actually executable program is generated from the basic function class, and the process determined by the attribute 102 The content is executed.

  In FIG. 1, a basic function unit having attribute B, a basic function unit having attribute C, and a basic function unit having attribute D are arranged below the basic function unit 101 having attribute A. Further, a basic function unit having attribute E and a basic function unit having attribute F are arranged below the basic function unit having attribute C.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the detailed contents of the electronic document XML file used by the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
The information processing apparatus 100 has an electronic document input unit (not shown, but clearly shown in FIG. 4) for editing an electronic document as a user interface, and can edit the processing flow and processing attributes of the electronic document. .
This figure shows how the XML file 113 describes or implements, as an actual example, the content of the electronic document, the operation content to be referred to at the time of execution, the external data operation, and the processing execution condition attribute information. Show.

  In the process flow definition XML 106 which is a process flow definition file, the process type attribute 103 and the process execution condition attribute 104 are set. In the process attribute setting XML 107 which is a process attribute setting file, the calculation attribute and the process attribute 105 of the external data operation are set. Can be set. Using these, a basic function unit instance is generated from the basic function unit class, and the processing content determined by the attribute is executed.

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of a data area possessed by the basic functional unit class of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
The basic function unit class 108 has two types of data storage areas for storing data used in processing. The first is a data table storage unit 109 that can store a plurality of data values for one data name. In the data table storage unit 109, “11111111”, “222222222”,... Are stored as data names and data values. The second is a data record storage unit 110 that accumulates information by combining a data name and a data value as a set. In the data record storage unit 110, “name A” and “44”, “name B”, “55”,... Are stored as pairs of data names and data values.
By exchanging the data contents of these data areas between the basic function units, continuous processing is possible.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an initial execution method of the information processing apparatus, and illustrates a situation in which the basic function unit is converted into a program and an instruction is executed.
The information processing apparatus 100 includes a user interface 111 as an electronic document input unit, and stores an XML file 113 via the user interface 111. The XML file 113 is a file for designating the basic function unit 101 to be executed first according to its attributes.

When the operation control unit 112 refers to the XML file 113 and acquires the processing position, processing content, and processing execution condition, the operation control unit 112 compares the processing execution condition with data in the data storage area of the basic function unit instance 114 to be executed. .
Then, when the process execution conditions match, when the basic function unit 101 to be initially executed is transmitted, the operation control unit 112 generates a basic function unit instance 114 from the basic function unit class 108 to be executed, The instruction possessed by the functional unit instance 114 is executed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing program generation and execution of the basic function unit of the information processing apparatus, and shows a situation where the basic function unit is converted into a program and an instruction is executed.
The basic function unit instance 114 of the information processing apparatus 100 includes a recursive program execution instruction 115.
The basic function unit instance 114 refers to the XML file 113 and acquires the processing position of the basic function unit 101 that is the processing target one level lower in the XML file 113, information on the processing contents, and processing execution conditions. To do.

Then, the acquired processing execution condition is compared with the data in the data storage area of the basic function unit instance 114 to be executed, and if the processing execution conditions match, the basic function unit 101 to be processed is notified and is being executed. In accordance with the recursive program execution instruction of the basic function part instance 114, the basic function part instance 114 is generated one by one from the basic function part class 108 to be executed at a lower level, and the instruction of the basic function part instance 114 is executed.
At this time, the data content of the data record storage unit 110 of the basic function unit instance 114 of the execution source is delivered to the basic function unit instance 114 of the execution destination. When the instruction of one basic function unit instance 114 is completed, if the basic function unit 101 to be processed next exists, the next process is executed, and the same is repeated thereafter.

  On the other hand, when the basic function unit 101 to be processed no longer exists, the command returns to the basic function unit instance 114 that started the processing. When data is stored in the data table storage unit 109 of the basic function unit instance 114, the recursive program execution instruction is manipulated by the number of data values.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for determining the processing contents of the basic function unit.
The basic function unit 101 has a plurality of attributes and a command unit as a class in an object-oriented language.
The basic function unit class 108 refers to the processing type attribute 103 defined in advance in XML in the process in which the class is converted into a program and has an instance, and an arithmetic instruction 116, an external data operation instruction 117, or a recursive program execution instruction A basic function unit instance 114 having one of l15 is generated.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart in which the operation instruction of the basic function unit is executed.
The operation content 118 is determined by the XML processing attribute 105 (see FIG. 2). Further, when the data name stored in the data record storage unit 110 exists in the calculation content 118, a data value corresponding to the data name is set.
After the calculation content 118 is determined, the calculation formula defined in the calculation content 118 is actually executed, and the calculation result 119 is added to the data record storage unit 110 using the data name specified by the attribute. To do. By doing so, any calculation content can be appropriately handled.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart in which an external data operation instruction of the basic function unit is executed.
The external data operation content 120 is determined by the XML processing attribute 105 (see FIG. 2) of the basic function unit instance 114.
If the data name stored in the data record storage unit 117 exists in the external data operation content 120, a data value corresponding to the data name is set.

  Then, after the external data operation content 120 is determined, the data operation actually defined by the external data operation content 120 is executed on the DB 122 (external data storage device 122) such as an external data file or database, and the data operation If the result 121 exists, the acquired data is added to the data record storage unit 110 using the data name specified by the attribute 102. In this way, any data operation can be handled.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a basic flow of a processing procedure performed by the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

  The information processing apparatus 100 uses the same program base assigned to the process flow definition according to the illustrated processing procedure, and changes the setting of the program attribute for each node. As a result, various functions and processes can be easily added. In addition, even in the case of new addition, the program is not changed, and processing can be added by newly setting only the attribute value to be set.

  On the other hand, in the prior art, even if the processing flow is defined, it is the program that is assigned to the node, and the program is changed when the flow is changed. However, according to the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present invention. For example, even when new additions are made, it is not necessary to create additional programs.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a basic flow of a processing procedure performed by the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

  When the process transitions according to the illustrated processing procedure, the information processing apparatus 100 transfers the data generated during the process to the program for the next process, so that a continuous process is possible. Therefore, based on the processing flow, processing is executed sequentially from the designated node. In addition, when these executions transition, by passing data generated in each process, sequential processes can be performed sequentially.

  On the other hand, even in the conventional technology, there has been a concept of assigning instances to nodes by defining a processing flow, but it was not considered to form all instances at the time of program execution and execute them sequentially at the same time. It was only possible to arrange processing and screens.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a basic flow of a processing procedure in which the information processing apparatus according to the present invention performs salary calculation. A processing flow is defined using a tree-structured electronic document (XML) that represents nodes in a hierarchical manner.

  In accordance with this processing flow, the information processing apparatus 100 starts from the node to be executed and sequentially executes the process by following the lower nodes. Then, when there is no lower node, the control device (for example, CPU) of the information processing apparatus 100 shifts the process to the upper node, and the flow ends when it finally returns to the start node.

  In the payroll processing, “monthly processing” is located at the highest node. There is a “base date setting” node, a “personnel selection” node, and an “individual salary calculation” node in the lower layer, and a “daily schedule check” node in the lower layer of the “individual salary calculation” node, There are a “personal information acquisition” node, an “allowance calculation” node, a “deduction calculation” node, and a “calculation information setting” node.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram defining the processing flow of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
Each node is associated with one of four types of program units (objects), and this program unit object is a data stock area that holds a plurality of attribute information, one instruction, and data generated during processing. It has.

FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram of a processing flow of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
The attribute information of the program unit (object) associated with each node is set in advance for each node. In this case, data acquisition, which is a program unit, is set and associated with the “reference date setting” node.
For data acquisition, “acquisition table: reference date table”, “acquisition item: reference date”, and “acquisition condition: <= Today” are set as attribute information.

FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram of a processing flow of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
By executing the processing flow created using the electronic document, the instruction information is sequentially executed with reference to the attribute information of the object that is a program unit associated with each node. In the figure, it is shown that the commands are executed in the order of “reference date setting” node, “staff selection” node, and “individual salary calculation” node.

FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram of a processing flow of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
When the process being executed transitions to the next process, the data stocked in the data holding area is passed to the object that is the next program unit. This figure shows that data is passed in the order of “personal salary calculation” node from “personnel selection” node.

FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram of the processing flow of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and the execution procedure of the “individual salary calculation” process in the square will be described in detail below.
Below the “Personal salary calculation” node, there is a “Daily rate confirmation” node, “Personal information acquisition” node, “Allowance calculation” node, “Deduction calculation” node, and “Calculation information setting” node. Then, the process is executed by sequentially tracing the lower nodes, and if there is no lower node, the process is shifted to the upper node, and the flow ends when the process finally returns to the start node.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of an attribute setting screen of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
The information processing apparatus 100 calls the “personal salary calculation” process and displays the attribute setting screen.

  “Structure” and “Search” are displayed at the upper left of the attribute setting screen, and “Monthly processing” is displayed as the top node below. A “base date setting” node, a “personnel selection” node and an “individual salary calculation” node are displayed in one lower layer, and a “daily schedule check” node is displayed in the lower layer of the “individual salary calculation” node. “Personal information acquisition” node, “allowance calculation” node, “deduction calculation” node and “calculation information setting” node are displayed.

  The selected “individual salary calculation” is displayed at the upper center of the attribute setting screen, and “ID” and “summary” are displayed as input items below it. Furthermore, input items of “update” button, “execute button”, “reference button” and “list file” are displayed. In this case, there is no attribute setting information.

When the information processing apparatus 100 calls the “personal salary calculation” process, the information processing apparatus 100 performs control so that the five lower nodes are sequentially executed. In addition, when performing execution control, it manages the data transfer between processes.
In addition, when the information processing apparatus 100 transits from “individual salary calculation” to the next “daytime confirmation”, the staff number data stored is transferred to the “daytime confirmation” process.

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of an attribute setting screen of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
The information processing apparatus 100 calls the “acquire personal information” process and displays the attribute setting screen. Note that the left side display and the lower center display of the attribute setting screen are the same as those in FIG.

The selected “personal information acquisition” is displayed at the upper center of the attribute setting screen, and “ID”, “overview”, “target data”, “acquisition data”, and “acquisition conditions” are input items below it. Is displayed.
When the information processing apparatus 100 calls the “acquisition of personal information” process, the information processing apparatus 100 acquires data (presence code) based on the data stocked (staff number) based on the acquired data information set in the attribute information. Then, the acquired data (presence code) is added to the data stock area.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of an attribute setting screen of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
The information processing apparatus 100 calls the “allowance calculation” process and displays the attribute setting screen. Note that the left side display and the lower center display of the attribute setting screen are the same as those in FIG. The selected “allowance calculation” is displayed in the upper center of the attribute setting screen, and “ID”, “Summary”, “Calculation result name”, “Calculation result type” and “Calculation formula” are input items below it. Is displayed.
When the information processing apparatus 100 calls the “allowance calculation” process, the calculation result (allowance 1, allowance 2) is calculated based on the data stocked (allowance 1, allowance 2) according to the calculation formula information set in the attribute information. get. Then, the acquired calculation result (total allowance) is added to the data stock area.

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of an attribute setting screen of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
The information processing apparatus 100 calls the “calculation information setting” process and displays the attribute setting screen. Note that the left side display and the lower center display of the attribute setting screen are the same as those in FIG.
The selected “calculation information setting” is displayed at the upper center of the attribute setting screen, and “ID”, “Summary”, “Update table”, “Update condition”, “Update column” are input items below it. And “update data” are displayed.
When the information processing apparatus 100 calls the “calculation information setting” process, the data stocked (staff number, total of allowances) is updated to each item of the update table (supply table) according to the update information set in the attribute information. The update type (insertion) is determined for (staff number, total allowance), and the update is executed.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus and the information processing method of the present invention, only a plurality of (for example, four) basic modules are used as programs constituting the system, and program attribute settings are set for each node. Therefore, it becomes easy to add a necessary process.

  Further, according to the present invention, the processing flow is defined by XML or the like, and all processing can be realized only by combining objects having four different instructions.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described concretely based on the embodiment, it is not limited to this and can be variously changed in the range which does not deviate from the summary.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the module structure which performs the process definition of the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the detailed content of the electronic document XML file which the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention uses. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the pre-immigration examination process which concerns on this invention. It is a structure figure of the data area which the basic function part class of the information processor concerning the present invention has. It is a flowchart which shows the program production | generation and execution of the basic function part of the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which determines the processing content of the basic function part which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart by which the arithmetic instruction of the basic function part which concerns on this invention is performed. 4 is a flowchart in which an external data operation command of a basic function unit according to the present invention is executed. It is a flowchart which shows the basic flow of the process sequence which the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention performs. It is a flowchart which shows the basic flow of the process sequence which the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention performs. It is a flowchart which shows the basic flow of the process sequence which the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention performs a salary calculation. It is the conceptual diagram which defined the processing flow of the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram of the processing flow of the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram of the processing flow of the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram of the processing flow of the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram of the processing flow of the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram of the attribute setting screen of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a schematic diagram of the attribute setting screen of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a schematic diagram of the attribute setting screen of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a schematic diagram of the attribute setting screen of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

100 Information Processing Device 101 Basic Function Unit 102 Attribute 103 Process Type Attribute 104 Process Execution Condition Attribute 105 Process Attribute 106 Process Flow Definition XML
107 Processing attribute setting XML
108 Basic function section class 109 Data table storage section 110 Data record storage section 111 User interface 112 Operation control section 113 XML file 114 Basic function section instance 115 Recursive program execution instruction 116 Operation instruction 117 External data operation instruction 118 Operation content 119 Operation result 120 Data operation content 121 Data operation result 122 External data storage device

Claims (12)

A plurality of basic function units configured as individual elements and realizing predetermined basic functions set in advance;
A designation unit for designating a basic function unit to be operated first from the plurality of basic function units;
An operation control unit for generating a program from the basic function unit specified by the specifying unit and executing the processing of the generated program;
An electronic document storage unit for specifying an electronic document that specifies a processing content and an execution order while specifying a basic functional unit to be used for processing from among the plurality of basic functional units;
A recursive program execution instruction unit that recursively executes the processing of the generated program while generating a program from the identified basic function unit in accordance with the regulations of the electronic document stored in the electronic document storage unit,
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
A data storage unit for storing data generated during execution of the processing of the program;
The data storage unit includes a data record storage unit that stores a data name and a data value as a set of information;
A data table storage unit for storing a plurality of data values for the data name;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,
An operation for comparing the contents defined in the electronic document with the data name stored in the data record storage unit and, if there is a match, replacing the data value with the data value corresponding to the data name Execution command section,
An information processing apparatus comprising: In the information processing device according to claim 2 or 3,
The external data operation content defined in the electronic document is compared with the data name stored in the data record storage unit, and if there is a match, it is replaced with a data value corresponding to the data name, and An external data operation command section for executing external data operations on the external data storage device based on the data value;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
The process execution condition information that defines the execution condition of the process included in the electronic document is compared with the data name stored in the data record storage unit. Data value replacement part to replace with value,
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,
After the data value replacement unit replaces the data value corresponding to the data name, an instruction is operated if the processing execution condition is matched, while the instruction is not operated if not matched,
An information processing apparatus comprising: A storage step configured to store a plurality of basic function units configured as individual elements and realizing predetermined basic functions set in advance;
A designation step for designating a basic function unit to be operated first from the plurality of basic function units;
An operation control step of generating a program from the basic function unit specified by the specifying step and executing the processing of the generated program;
An electronic document storing step for specifying a basic function unit to be used for processing from among the plurality of basic function units, and storing an electronic document that defines processing contents and execution order;
A recursive program execution instruction step for generating a program from a basic function unit according to the electronic document stored in the electronic document storage step and recursively executing the processing of the generated program,
An information processing method comprising: The information processing method according to claim 7,
A data storage step for storing data generated during execution of the processing of the program,
The data storage step includes a data record storage step for storing a data name and a data value as a set of information;
A data table storage step for storing a plurality of data values for the data name;
An information processing method comprising: The information processing method according to claim 8,
An operation for comparing the content defined in the electronic document with the data name stored in the data record storage step, and if there is a match, replacing the data value with the data value corresponding to the data name Execution instruction step,
An information processing method comprising: The information processing method according to claim 8 or 9,
Compare the external data operation content defined in the electronic document with the data name stored in the data record storage step, and if there is a match, replace it with the data value corresponding to the data name, and An external data manipulation instruction step for performing external data manipulation on the external data storage device based on the data value;
An information processing method comprising: The information processing method according to any one of claims 8 to 10,
The process execution condition information that defines the execution condition of the process included in the electronic document is compared with the data name stored in the data record storage step. Data value replacement step to replace with value,
An information processing method comprising: The information processing method according to claim 11,
After the data value replacement step is replaced with the data value corresponding to the data name, if the processing execution condition is matched, the instruction is activated, and if not, the instruction is not activated.
An information processing method comprising:

Images