JP4864590B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for supporting operation setting of application program - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing apparatus method, and a program for supporting operation attribute setting of an application program, and more specifically, screen items and data input / output definitions based on patterns that comprehensively classify application programs. Information processing technology for dynamically controlling the

  The program determines a screen to be displayed next according to a result of processing the screen input data input from the terminal, and creates screen output data of the screen. Therefore, when changing the display order of the screens, it is necessary to change the program.

  A program for processing data input from a specific screen is created on the premise of a specific screen to be displayed next to the screen. Therefore, when building a business system that uses the same screen multiple times, if the screen displayed before or after the screen is different, it is necessary to create a program for each combination of screens. As described above, in the conventional method, it is necessary to create a program by a method different for each processing method, and it is necessary to create the program in consideration of the order relation of the screens.

  As a program development method related to such a screen, for example, an interactive system program is divided into a screen data operation unit, a database operation unit, and a program transition control unit, thereby facilitating program development of this type of system. For this purpose, a dialog having a screen input data storage unit for storing data input from the screen, a screen output data storage unit for storing data to be output to the screen, and a business data storage unit for storing data input to and output from the database In the type system, the screen input data operation unit that operates the data input from the screen, the screen output data operation unit that operates the data that is output to the screen, and the database operation that performs the data input / output and input / output processing to / from the database Section, the screen input data operation section, the screen output data operation section, and the data base. Control the execution of the screen input data operation unit, the screen output data operation unit, and the database operation unit according to the execution order stored in the program transition storage unit. For example, there is a program control system for an interactive system (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-73290) characterized in that a program transition control unit is provided.

  In general, when developing a WEB application with JAVA®, development is performed based on an MVC (Model-View-Controller) model. The view (View) in this model has a role of showing the result of execution of the business program to the user. The controller has a role of controlling execution of the business program. This controller controls the association between a screen and a processing program (business program) corresponding to the screen.

As a technology for developing a program based on the above MVC model by combining a program called a component, for example, the modification of the upper component or the lower component so that the development efficiency related to the development of the electronic application system or the computer system can be sufficiently obtained. Actions that are individual processing tasks required to proceed with the processing related to the application for the purpose of providing a technology that can be developed and modified without greatly expanding the impact of the modification even if the component is frequently created and modified, An electronic application system that performs processing related to applications from applicant terminals for residents and companies applicants using action components that are individual business elements constituting the processing business and a program that executes the business elements The operation attribute designation device of the electronic application system The gender specifying device corresponds to the action name given to the action to identify the action, the action component name given to the action component to identify the action component, and the action name and action component name. Component name correspondence information to be assigned, the action component name, program name correspondence information for associating the program name assigned to the program to identify the program, the component name correspondence information and the program name An operation attribute storage unit that stores correspondence information, a definition information input execution unit that inputs definition information about the correspondence information stored in the operation attribute storage unit, and definition information that is input by the definition information input execution unit Based on the behavior attribute An electronic device comprising: an operation attribute storage content creation / updating unit that creates and updates the content of a storage unit; and an action control unit that controls execution of the action component with reference to the correspondence information of the operation attribute storage unit There is an operation attribute specifying device (see JP 2004-46530 A) for an application system.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-73290 JP 2004-46530 A

  For example, the technique disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-73290 provides a program development method for an interactive system in which a program can be created and developed independently of the screen display order. The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-46530 provides a development method in which programs called components are combined.

  However, even if the above-described conventional technology is employed, the above-described view definition (screen item arrangement and item attribute definition) must be described as source code for each program. In general, an action component in a Web application receives an external input value, calculates a numerical value, executes another action component based on the input value, and outputs a result. An input value from the screen may be set as an input value of the action component. In this case, since it is necessary to describe the source code for each screen item, the coding amount increases with the addition of the screen item. In addition, the definition of the action component to be executed corresponding to the button for executing the process defined on the screen and the passing of the argument of the screen item to the action component required the description of the source code.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing apparatus method, and a program that can reduce the amount of source coding required for view definition and action component invocation processing accompanying the view definition. The main purpose.

An information processing apparatus of the present invention that solves the above problems is an information processing apparatus that supports setting of operation attributes of an application program, and includes screen items in each screen data output to a terminal as the application program is executed. The screen definition sheet, which is input screen data including an input field, is sent to the terminal as an input interface with respect to screen item layout, screen item attributes, and screen transition information indicating cooperation between the screens. settings in accepted as the screen definition information to be stored in the storage device in association with the screen definition data on each screen, and the screen definition controller, the schedule of execution with the output to the terminal of each screen data With respect to an action component, at least one of an input argument and an output argument and a screen item in the screen definition information Corresponding setting of the relationship, the operation corresponding to the error occurrence at the time of the action component execution, the input screen data serving data output definition having an input field on setting and for messages to be screen displayed in correspondence with the operation of the A sheet is transmitted to the terminal, the setting in the input field is received as data input / output definition information, and the data input / output definition information is stored in a storage device; A screen definition coding rule storage unit that stores a rule for conversion to a code corresponding to the output process of the corresponding screen data at the terminal, and a code according to the output process of the corresponding screen data at the terminal A data input / output definition coding rule storage unit that stores rules for conversion to the screen, and screen definition information of the storage device A screen definition code generation unit that generates a code by applying the read screen definition information to the rules of the screen definition coding rule storage unit, and stores the code in a storage device; and data in the storage device Data input / output definition code generation that reads out the input / output definition information and applies the data input / output definition information to the rules of the data input / output definition coding rule storage unit to generate a code and stores the code in a storage device And an output processing unit that reads each code stored in the storage device and outputs each screen data to the terminal according to the information on the screen transition when the application program is executed.

  In the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the screen definition control unit accepts screen transition information indicating cooperation between the screens as screen definition information from the input interface, and associates the screen definition information with each screen. The output processing unit reads each code stored in the storage device when executing the application program, and stores each screen data in accordance with the screen transition information. It is preferable to output to.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the screen definition coding rule storage unit generates, as a rule for generating a code corresponding to the output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal, from the screen definition information, Generates tags according to at least one of the screen items to be included, the layout of screen items, and the attributes of screen items, and stores the procedure information that associates each data of the screen items, the layout of screen items, and the attributes of screen items with the tags The data input / output definition coding rule storage unit generates the code corresponding to the output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal as a rule to generate the data input / output definition information from the data input / output definition information. And / or at least one of the input argument or output argument included in the screen definition information and the screen item in the screen definition information Generating tags corresponding, the input argument to an output argument to the tag, and stores the procedure information for associating each data item in the screen field in the screen definition information, and it is preferred to.

  Also, in the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the screen definition control unit includes an input screen having input fields for screen items, arrangement of screen items, and attributes of the screen items set in advance for each screen data. Data is transmitted to the terminal as an input interface, and the data input / output control unit is set in advance for each screen data, and at least one of an input argument or an output argument of an action component and a screen item in the screen definition information It is preferable that the input screen data having an input field for the correspondence relationship is transmitted to the terminal as an input interface.

  In the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the screen definition control unit updates the screen definition information stored in the storage device to the latest information when the screen definition information is received again from the input interface with respect to the same screen data. The data input / output control unit updates the data input / output definition information stored in the storage device to the latest information when the data input / output definition information is received from the input interface again with respect to the same action component, and The screen definition code generation unit detects the update of the screen definition information in the storage device, reads the latest screen definition information, regenerates the code, stores the regenerated code in the storage device, The input / output definition code generator detects the update of the data input / output definition information in the storage device and detects the latest data. Read the input / output definition information, regenerate the code, and store the regenerated code in the storage device. The output processing unit is regenerated and stored in the storage device when executing the application program. It is preferable that the code is read and the screen data is output to the terminal.

Further, the information processing method of the present invention provides a screen item and an arrangement of screen items in each screen data output to a terminal by an information processing apparatus that supports setting of operation attributes of the application program. The screen definition sheet, which is input screen data having an input field, is sent to the terminal as an input interface for screen item attributes and screen transition information indicating cooperation between the screens , and the settings in the input field are displayed on the screen. With respect to an action component that is received as definition information and stores the screen definition information in a storage device in association with each screen, and an action component that is scheduled to be executed when the screen data is output to the terminal, an input argument or the setting for the corresponding relationship between the screen items in at least the screen definition information with any output arguments Sending to the terminal a data input / output definition sheet, which is input screen data including an input field related to an operation corresponding to an error occurrence at the time of executing an action component and a setting for a message to be displayed on the screen corresponding to the operation, Accepting the setting in the input field as data input / output definition information, storing the data input / output definition information in a storage device, reading the screen definition information of the storage device, and reading the screen definition information, A process of generating a code by applying to a rule for generating a code according to an output process of the corresponding screen data in the terminal based on the screen definition information, storing the code in a storage device, and data in the storage device The input / output definition information is read out, and the data input / output definition information is read from the terminal based on the data input / output definition information. A code is generated by applying to a rule for generating a code corresponding to an output process of screen data, the code is stored in the storage device, and stored in the storage device when the application program is executed A process of reading each code and outputting each screen data to a terminal in accordance with the screen transition information is executed.

In addition, the program of the present invention provides an information processing device that supports setting of operation attributes of an application program, a screen item in each screen data output to the terminal in accordance with the execution of the application program, a layout of screen items, A screen definition sheet, which is input screen data having an input field, is sent to the terminal as an input interface for screen item attributes and screen transition information indicating the cooperation between the screens , and the settings in the input field are set as the screen definition information. As an input argument or an output argument regarding an action component that is scheduled to be executed in association with a process of storing the screen definition information in a storage device in association with each screen and outputting each screen data to the terminal the setting for the corresponding relationship between the screen items in at least one said screen definition information, A data input / output definition sheet, which is input screen data including an input field relating to an operation corresponding to the occurrence of an error at the time of execution of an operation component and a setting for a message to be displayed on the screen corresponding to the operation, to the terminal, Accepting the setting in the input field as data input / output definition information, storing the data input / output definition information in a storage device, reading the screen definition information of the storage device, and reading the screen definition information, A process of generating a code by applying to a rule for generating a code according to an output process of the corresponding screen data in the terminal based on the screen definition information, storing the code in a storage device, and data in the storage device Read the input / output definition information, and this data input / output definition information is determined by the terminal based on the data input / output definition information. A code is generated by applying to a rule for generating a code according to the surface data output process, the code is stored in the storage device, and stored in the storage device when the application program is executed A process of reading each code and outputting each screen data to a terminal according to the information of the screen transition is executed.

  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, it is possible to reduce the amount of source coding required for view definition and action component invocation processing accompanying the view definition.

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Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram including a server 100 as an information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. The server 100 as the information processing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as the server 100) is an information processing apparatus that supports setting of operation attributes of application programs. As the functional configuration of the server 100, in order to realize the function of executing the information processing method of the present invention, a program database 101 such as a rewritable memory is provided with a program 102, and the program 102 is read into the memory 103, This is executed by the CPU 104. The server 100 also includes an input interface 105 such as various buttons, an output interface 106 such as a display, and a communication device 107 that handles data exchange with an external device such as the terminal 200. The server 100 uses the communication device 107 to connect to an external device such as the terminal 200 and various networks 140 such as a public line network, the Internet, and a wireless LAN, and exchange data. The terminal 200 refers to a terminal that outputs screen data as the application program is executed. If the server 100 is connected to the server 100 via the network 140, the function unit configured and held by the server 100 based on, for example, the program 102 will be described. The server 100 includes a screen definition coding rule storage unit 125 that stores a rule for converting screen definition information into a code corresponding to the output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal 200, and the data input / output definition information. It is assumed that the data input / output definition coding rule storage unit 126 in which a rule for converting into a code corresponding to the output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal 200 is stored can be used. Each of the storage units 125 and 126 and the like can be provided in an appropriate storage device 150 such as a hard disk drive provided in the server 100. Alternatively, these storage units 125 and 126 may exist on the network 140 separately from the server 100. In this case, the server 100 includes, for example, a DBMS (Database Management System), accesses the storage units 125 and 126 via the network 140, and executes processing such as information registration and information search.

  The server 100 uses the input interface 105 as the screen definition information to set the screen items, the layout of the screen items, and the attributes of the screen items in each screen data output to the terminal 200 as the application program is executed. A screen definition control unit 110 that receives and stores the screen definition information in the storage device 150 is provided.

  Further, the server 100 relates to an action component that is scheduled to be executed as the screen data is output to the terminal 200, and a correspondence relationship between at least one of an input argument and an output argument and a screen item in the screen definition information. A data input / output control unit 111 is provided that accepts the setting for the data input / output definition information from the input interface 105 and stores the data input / output definition information in the storage device 150.

  Further, the server 100 reads the screen definition information in the storage device 150, generates the code by applying the read screen definition information to the rules in the screen definition coding rule storage unit 125, and stores the code A screen definition code generation unit 112 stored in the device 150 is provided.

  In addition, the server 100 reads the data input / output definition information of the storage device 150 and applies the data input / output definition information to the rules of the data input / output definition coding rule storage unit 126 to generate a code, A data input / output definition code generator 113 for storing the code in the storage device 150 is provided.

  In addition, the server 100 includes an output processing unit 114 that reads each code stored in the storage device 150 and outputs screen data to the terminal 200 when the application program is executed.

  The screen definition control unit 110 in the server 100 receives screen transition information indicating cooperation between the screens as the screen definition information from the input interface 105, and associates the screen definition information with each screen. It may be stored in the storage device 150. In this case, when the application program is executed, the output processing unit 114 reads each code stored in the storage device 150 and outputs each screen data to the terminal 200 according to the screen transition information. It becomes.

  In addition, the screen definition coding rule storage unit 125 in the server 100 includes a screen including the screen definition information from the screen definition information as a rule for generating a code corresponding to the output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal 200. Generates a tag corresponding to at least one of an item, an arrangement of screen items, and an attribute of a screen item, and stores procedure information that associates each data of the screen item, the arrangement of the screen item, and the attribute of the screen item with the tag It may be. Further, the data input / output definition coding rule storage unit 126 in the server 100 generates, as a rule for generating a code corresponding to the output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal 200, from the data input / output definition information, the data input / output definition information. A tag corresponding to at least one of the input argument or output argument included in the output definition information and at least one of the screen items in the screen definition information is generated, and the input argument or output argument in the tag, the screen definition information Procedure information for associating each data of the screen item may be stored.

  In addition, the screen definition control unit 110 in the server 100 inputs input screen data including input fields for screen items, screen item arrangements, and screen item attributes set in advance for each screen data. The interface 105 may be transmitted to the terminal 200. In this case, the data input / output control unit 111 includes an input field for a correspondence relationship between at least one of an input argument or an output argument of an action component and a screen item in the screen definition information, which is set in advance for each screen data. The input screen data is transmitted to the terminal 200 as the input interface 105.

  When the screen definition control unit 110 in the server 100 receives the screen definition information from the input interface 105 again with respect to the same screen data, the screen definition control unit 110 updates the screen definition information stored in the storage device 150 to the latest information. It is good. Further, when the data input / output control unit 111 receives the data input / output definition information again from the input interface 105 with respect to the same action component, the data input / output definition information is updated to the latest information. You may do that.

  In this case, the screen definition code generation unit 112 detects the update of the screen definition information in the storage device 150, reads the latest screen definition information, regenerates the code, and stores the regenerated code in the storage device 150. Is stored. Further, the data input / output definition code generation unit 113 detects the update of the data input / output definition information in the storage device 150, reads the latest data input / output definition information, regenerates the code, and generates the regenerated code. The storage in the storage device 150 is executed. Further, when executing the application program, the output processing unit 114 reads out the regenerated code stored in the storage device 150 and outputs the screen data to the terminal 200.

  Note that each of the functional units 110 to 114 in the server 100 described so far may be realized as hardware, or realized as a program stored in an appropriate storage device 150 such as a memory or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). It is good. In this case, the CPU of the server 100 reads out the corresponding program from the storage device 150 to the memory 103 and executes it in accordance with the program execution.

  Note that the rules stored in the screen definition coding rule storage unit 125 correspond to, for example, at least one of the screen items included in the screen definition information, the arrangement of screen items, and the attributes of the screen items from the screen definition information. It can be assumed that a tag is generated and procedure information for associating each data of the screen item, the arrangement of the screen item, and the attribute of the screen item with the tag is stored.

  The data input / output definition coding rule storage unit 126 stores, for example, the data input / output definition information, at least one of the input argument or output argument included in the data input / output definition information, and the screen definition. It can be assumed that a tag corresponding to at least one of the screen items in the information is generated, and the procedure information for associating the input argument or output argument with each data of the screen item in the screen definition information is associated with the tag.

  As the rules stored in the screen definition coding rule storage unit 125 and the data input / output definition coding rule storage unit 126, for example, generally, the data format (csv or the like) handled by the spreadsheet application is changed to XML format data. A conventional coding procedure used for conversion may be employed. Further, it is assumed that the screen definition coding rule storage unit 125 and the data input / output definition coding rule storage unit 126 are provided in a storage area of an appropriate storage device (eg, hard disk drive, non-volatile memory, etc.) provided in the server 100.

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Hereinafter, a processing flow example corresponding to the information processing method in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that various operations corresponding to the information processing method described below are realized by a program that the server 100 reads into an appropriate memory and executes. Such a program is composed of codes for performing various operations described below.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure example 1 in the information processing method of the present embodiment. First, a general flow of the information processing method in the present embodiment will be described. This flow shows what processing is executed by the server 100 as the information processing apparatus when the application program is designed or modified.

  Here, the screen definition control unit 110 in the server 100 is input screen data having input fields for screen items, arrangement of screen items, and attributes of screen items set in advance for each screen data, that is, The screen definition sheet 500 (FIG. 8A) is transmitted to the terminal 200 as the input interface 105 (s10). The screen definition sheet 500 will be described later.

  Further, the screen definition control unit 110 of the server 100 sets the screen item, the arrangement of the screen item, and the attribute of the screen item in each screen data output to the terminal 200 when the application program is executed. The screen definition information is received from the screen definition sheet 500 as the input interface 105, and the screen definition information is stored in the storage device 150 (s11).

  In addition, the data input / output control unit 111 of the server 100 inputs the correspondence between at least one of the input argument or the output argument of the action component and the screen item in the screen definition information set in advance for each screen data. The input screen data having columns, that is, the program configuration definition sheet 510 and the data input / output definition sheet 520 are transmitted to the terminal 200 as the input interface 105 (s12). The program configuration definition sheet 510 and the data input / output definition sheet 520 will also be described later.

  Next, the data input / output control unit 111 of the server 100 relates to an action component scheduled to be executed in accordance with the output of the screen data to the terminal 200, and at least one of an input argument and an output argument and the screen definition information. Is received as data input / output definition information from the program configuration definition sheet 510 and the data input / output definition sheet 520 as data input / output definition information, and the data input / output definition information is stored in the storage device 150. (S13).

  In addition, the screen definition code generation unit 112 of the server 100 reads the screen definition information of the storage device 150 and applies the read screen definition information to the rules of the screen definition coding rule storage unit 125 to generate a code. The code is generated and stored in the storage device 150 (s14).

  Further, the data input / output definition code generation unit 113 of the server 100 reads the data input / output definition information of the storage device 150 and uses the data input / output definition information as a rule of the data input / output definition coding rule storage unit 126. By applying, a code is generated, and the code is stored in the storage device 150 (s15).

  However, not only an example in which each code is directly generated from the screen definition information and data input / output definition information, but also a screen definition file 1200 as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 from the screen definition information and data input / output definition information. As in the data input / output definition file 1300, it is also possible to assume a situation where the server 100 generates an xml file at a stage before generating a code (source code). In this case, the server 100 decodes the xml files such as the screen definition file 1200 and the data input / output definition file 1300 and generates a final source code. The existing technology may be adopted for the process of decoding the xml file and generating the source code.

  When executing the application program, the output processing unit 114 of the server 100 reads out each code stored in the storage device 150 and executes output of screen data to the terminal 200 (s16).

  The screen definition control unit 110 of the server 100 receives screen transition information indicating cooperation between the screens as screen definition information from the input interface 105, and stores the screen definition information in association with each screen. It may be stored in the device 150. For example, when a screen definition relating to a certain screen is performed on the screen definition sheet 500, if the ID of the screen to be the transition destination is entered in a setting field such as “transition destination screen” provided in the screen definition sheet 500 For example, the server 100 obtains information on which screen is the transition destination screen that is linked to the screen being defined. Of course, not only the information of the transition destination screen but also the transition destination screen is specified in the screen definition sheet 500 by specifying a condition for changing according to the execution result of the predetermined action component, the input value on the screen, or the like. A column may be provided and accepted.

  In this case, when the application program is executed, the output processing unit 114 reads each code stored in the storage device 150, causes each screen data to transition according to the screen transition information, and sends the code to the terminal 200. Will be output.

  When the screen definition control unit 110 in the server 100 receives the screen definition information from the input interface 105 again with respect to the same screen data, the screen definition control unit 110 updates the screen definition information stored in the storage device 150 to the latest information. It is good. This is an effective process for easily dealing with a situation in which the specification of the application program is changed or a similar application program is newly designed after the screen definition process is executed once. In other words, the screen definition can be easily changed any number of times from the user side. Moreover, it is not necessary to recode manually by this change processing.

  Similarly, when the data input / output control unit 111 receives data input / output definition information again from the input interface 105 for the same action component, the data input / output definition information is stored in the storage device 150 as the latest information. You may update to. In this case as well, as described above, it is an effective process for easily dealing with a change in the specification of an application program or a situation where a similar application program is newly designed.

  In such a case, the screen definition code generation unit 112 detects the update of the screen definition information in the storage device 150, reads the latest screen definition information, regenerates the code, and stores the regenerated code in the storage device 150. Is stored. Further, the data input / output definition code generation unit 113 detects the update of the data input / output definition information in the storage device 150, reads the latest data input / output definition information, regenerates the code, and generates the regenerated code. The storage in the storage device 150 is executed. Further, when executing the application program, the output processing unit 114 reads out the regenerated code stored in the storage device 150 and outputs the screen data to the terminal 200. In this way, even if each definition is changed, the code is regenerated on the server 100 side accordingly, and it is easy to quickly and efficiently confirm the execution result of the application program on the user side.

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Next, the information processing method in the present embodiment will be described in more detail in a form according to the situation. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure example 2 in the information processing method of the present embodiment. This flow shows from the development procedure of adding an item to the screen to be output to the terminal 200 along with the execution of the application program, to the execution of the developed application program and display of the screen on the terminal 200.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the output screen 800 of the application program before the change, and FIG. 7 shows an example of the output screen 900 of the application program after the change. In these output screens 800 and 900, when information on “department in charge” and “person in charge” is input by the designers and the “search” button is pressed, the application program displays the “department in charge”, “ This is a screen for outputting, to the “detail section”, data (eg, slip data stored in a database included in the terminal 200 or the server 100) that satisfies the input value condition for the “person in charge”. Such an application is used, for example, for confirming the contents of a slip registered in a system used by a company or the like.

  Assuming the above situation, in this embodiment, a procedure is described in which “date” is added to the screen item in this application, and an appropriate information search is performed using the input value for this “date” as a search condition. To do. As shown in FIG. 3, first, the screen definition sheet 500 is activated on the terminal 200 (s101). The screen definition sheet 500 is, for example, form data for input provided in advance for each application program or each screen attribute in the storage device 150 in the storage device 150. As shown in FIG. Screen ID, a branch number as the order of screen transition, a screen item and an input field 501 for accepting the setting of the attribute as one record. The conversion of information defined in the screen definition sheet 500 into the screen definition file 1200 will be described later.

  The server 100 accepts designation of a screen item of “date” to be added and its attributes (item display position, display width, height, format) in the screen definition sheet 500 (s102). Here, the screen definition sheet 500 may be used as an input interface by the terminal 200 connected to the server 100 via the network 140 or by the server 100 itself. In any case, it suffices if the server 100 can accept operations by application program designers.

  The screen definition sheet 600 when the screen item “date” is added and the setting of the attribute is accepted is a screen definition sheet 600 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the “Date” screen item is set together with its attributes following the “Department in charge” and “Person in charge” screen items already set in the screen definition sheet 500 (broken line in the figure). In the box).

  Subsequently, the server 100 activates the data input / output definition sheet 520 (s103). The data input / output definition sheet 520 is, for example, form data for input that the server 100 has in advance for each application program or each screen attribute in the storage device 150. As shown in FIG. ID of application program for which output definition is performed, various attributes of action components, action attributes (input, output), argument name, argument acquisition source (eg, screen, fixed value, etc.) and item name (eg: (In charge department, person in charge, NO., Etc.) is configured from an input field 521 for accepting the setting as one record. Information defined in the data input / output definition sheet 520 will be described later.

  In the data input / output definition sheet 520, the server 100 accepts definitions of screen items and action component input values. In this data input / output definition sheet 520, for example, a set for setting “date” among screen items is described in the input argument of “searchExecute” which is one method name of the action component (s104). Then, as shown in a broken line in the data input / output definition sheet 620 shown in FIG. 9B, the input argument is set with the screen item “date” as the search condition in “No. 4” of the processing procedure in the method of “searchExecute”. Is set to be used.

  Note that the application programs defined and set in the data input / output definition sheets 520 and 620 are described in the program configuration definition sheets 510 and 610 shown in FIG. Assume that the package name, class name, method name, order, continuation condition, etc.) are preset. Further, in the program configuration definition sheets 510 and 610, message information (information to be notified to the viewer along with execution of action component processing and conditions thereof), protection information (predetermined when processing transitions between action components). It is also possible to accept settings of package information that protects (prohibits) execution of action components and changes in display contents.

  As described above, the server 100 stores the screen definition sheet 600 and the data input / output definition sheet 620 (same for the program configuration definition sheet 610) subjected to the process of adding the screen item “date” in the storage device 150, The definition sheet display is terminated (s105).

  Note that the file that the control device (eg, CPU 104 of the server 100) decodes when executing the application program is a sheet defined in the xml format, and therefore the server 100 receives the input information of each of the definition sheets 600, 610, and 620. Is converted with a tool (known technique) for converting the data into the xml format (s106).

  The input information of the converted screen definition sheet and data input / output definition sheet is the screen definition file 1200 (FIG. 10) and the data input / output definition file 1300 (FIG. 11). It becomes data. The server 100 stores the screen definition file 1200 and the data input / output definition file 1300 in the storage device 150 (or the memory 103), and updates the existing code (s107). This is the definition information changing method.

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Subsequently, as described in the processing flow example 2 above, a processing procedure when executing the application program in which the setting change of the screen item is performed will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure example 3 in the information processing method of the present embodiment.

  When executing an application program whose settings have been changed, the server 100 receives a start instruction from the user on the menu screen or the like presented on the terminal 200, for example, and starts the corresponding application program according to the start instruction. (S111).

  The server 100 receives information operated by the input / output device (keyboard, mouse, etc.) of the terminal 200 and reads the screen definition file 1200 from the storage device 150 (s112). The server 100 decodes the information in the screen definition file 1200 and converts it into a format for executing screen display on the terminal 200 (s113). The server 100 transmits the converted data to the terminal 200 (s114). The terminal 200 performs screen display based on the information received from the server 100. The above is the step of the screen display process based on the screen definition file 1200.

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FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure example 4 in the information processing method of the present embodiment. Next, as described in the processing flow example 2 above, a step of displaying a search result when the “search” button is pressed when a value is input for the added screen item “date” will be described. .

  If a value is input for the “date” on the screen displayed on the terminal 200 through steps s111 to s115 in the processing flow example 3, the server 100 accepts the value (s121). Then, the server 100 detects pressing of the “search” button displayed on the screen of the terminal 200 (s122).

  In response to the pressing of the “search” button, the server 100 reads the data input / output definition file 1300 from the storage device 150 and decodes the action component defined in the “search” button (s123).

  The server 100 executes the action component “searchExecute” based on the data input / output definition file 1300 (s124). At this time, the server 100 passes the input value of the added screen item “date” to the action component “searchExecute” as an input argument. On the other hand, the action component executes a search process in, for example, a slip database (not shown) provided in the storage device 150 based on the received input value of “date”, and the search result is displayed on the terminal 200 on the screen. It outputs (s125).

  The definition of screen items and the definition of data input / output require the description of similar source codes for the number of items, but in this embodiment, as described above, the necessary information for each item is not described without describing the source code. Only by defining, it is possible to add a screen item to the action component input argument. This embodiment can be applied not only to the development of an application system used by a company but also to an intrinsic system used by residents.

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Next, the correspondence between the screen definition sheet 500 and the screen definition file 1200 is shown. As described above, the sheet shown in FIG. 8A is the screen definition sheet 500. In this screen definition sheet 500, settings of screen items to be arranged on the output screen of the application program and attributes of the screen items are accepted. The conversion tool from the screen definition sheet 500 to the screen definition file 1200 converts the input information of the screen definition sheet 500 into the xml format of FIG. "Program ID" and "branch number" are identifiers that uniquely define the application program, and are converted into <window> tags as shown in FIG. Items to be arranged on the screen after the screen item name are input. “Screen item name” is information for identifying an item in the screen definition sheet 500, and is not reflected in the data in the xml format shown in FIG. “Item ID” is a name given to an item displayed on the screen, and corresponds to a <name> tag as shown in FIG.

  “Item TYPE” represents the type of item to be displayed, and defines the type of text box, combo box, check box, and the like. “Item TYPE” corresponds to a <type> tag as shown in FIG. “Label presence / absence” is displayed on the screen to indicate the input value so as to indicate to the user the contents to be input in the text box. When “labeled” is displayed, a value corresponding to the item ID is displayed. Taking FIG. 8A as an example, it is a case where the display of “department in charge” is set to “with label”. This “label presence / absence” information corresponds to an <item_label> tag as shown in FIG.

  “Protect” can specify whether the items displayed on the screen can be input. If “Protected” is set in the screen definition sheet 500, it is displayed as an item that cannot be input. “Protect” corresponds to a <protect> tag as shown in FIG. “Column” and “Row” are items that define the display position of the item. Starting from the upper left of the screen, the horizontal position of the divided screen is defined as “column” and the vertical position is defined as “row”. “Row” and “Column” correspond to the <elements> tag. “Width” and “Height” specify the width and height of the item to be displayed. This corresponds to the <width> tag and the <height> tag shown in FIG.

  “Item search” defines whether or not to call an action component that displays an inputable value as an auxiliary function at the time of input. This corresponds to the <item_select> tag in FIG. “Horizontal position” and “vertical position” are used to input the display position of the input value in the input frame, and specify such as horizontal position = left justified, vertical position = center. This corresponds to the <align> tag and the <valign> tag in FIG.

  The input information on the screen definition sheet 500 is converted into the screen definition file 1200 by the conversion tool according to the above correspondence. The server 100 decodes the tag of the screen definition file 1200, supplements the source code necessary for execution when executing the application program, and transmits the screen information to the terminal 200.

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Next, the correspondence between the data input / output definition sheet 520 and the data input / output definition file 1300 is shown. The data input / output definition sheet 520 is considered to be composed of the program configuration definition sheet 510 (known technology) that defines the order of action components to be executed and the data input / output definition sheet 520 that defines input arguments to the action components. . Examples are shown in FIGS. 8B and 8C.

  The server 100 converts the information input in the sheets 510 and 520 in FIGS. 8B and 8C into the data input / output definition file 1300 in the xml format in FIG. Here, “program ID” and “branch number” uniquely define an application program and correspond to a <program> tag in the data input / output definition file 1300. The identifier is used to associate the screen definition sheet 500 with the data input / output definition sheet 520.

  “Action type” and “Action subtype” define actions corresponding to buttons on the screen. Define the processing order of action components for each action. “Action type” and “Action subtype” correspond to the <action> tag in the data input / output definition file 1300 of FIG. Define action components to be executed after detailed action information. The information entered in the action detail information is converted as an attribute of the <execute> tag. “no” indicates the processing order. “class” and “method” indicate action components to be executed. A combination of “package name” and “class name” corresponds to “class”, and a method name corresponds to “method”. “Continuation condition” defines the behavior of an application when an abnormality occurs during execution of an action component. “Success” indicates that the next action component is called when no abnormality occurs, and a message is displayed on the screen when there is an abnormality. “Continue condition” corresponds to “method_trans”.

  “Message information” defines a message to be displayed on the screen after the action is executed. The content of a message to be displayed for a unique ID called a message ID is defined. “Message ID” corresponds to the <message> tag of the data input / output definition file 1300. “Protect information” defines a call to an action component that controls the prohibition of input of a screen item after execution of a process, and changes the state of input enable / disable at start-up when the application is executed. The protect information corresponds to the <protect> tag of the data input / output definition file 1300, and is defined as an attribute of "class" by combining "package name" and "class name", and "method name" is "method" "Associated as. The above is the definition of action component execution for an action.

  Data input / output definition information is entered based on the information defined here. Quote the “program ID”, “branch number”, “action type”, “action subtype”, “class name”, and “method name” entered in the program configuration definition, and specify the action component. This corresponds to the <data> tag and the <execute> tag in FIG. Define the input value to the action component in the data input / output definition. “Type” specifies input or output to the action component. In the “argument name”, an item name for identifying an input value prepared by the action component is input. “Acquisition source” and “item name” define which item and which item are set for the input argument of the action component. If "Output" is specified for "Type", enter the setting destination of the action component result. In the example of FIG. 11, “action component“ searchExecute ”has three input arguments, receives the input value of the department in charge of the screen item as the search condition 1, receives the input value of the person in charge of the screen item as the search condition 2, The search condition 3 indicates that the supplier A is received as a fixed value, the search process is executed, and the slip number acquired by the process is set to “No” on the screen.

  If “Type” is “Input”, create an <in> tag in the data input / output definition file 1300 in FIG. 11, and “Argument Name” corresponds to the nested <variable> tag in the <to> tag. “Acquisition source” corresponds to “in_from_type” that is an attribute of the <in> tag, and the item name corresponds to a nested <variable> tag in the <from> tag. If “Type” is “Output”, create an <out> tag in the data input / output definition file 1300 in FIG. 11, and “Argument name” corresponds to the nested <variable> tag in the <from> tag. The “setting destination” corresponds to “out_to_type” that is an attribute of the <out> tag, and the item name corresponds to a nested <variable> tag in the <to> tag.

  The input information on the data input / output definition sheet 520 is converted into the data input / output definition file 1300 by the conversion tool according to the above correspondence. The server 100 decodes the tag of the data input / output definition file 1300, supplements the source code for setting an argument to the action component at the time of execution, and executes the action component.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, by executing the screen definition and data input / output definition in the development work of the application and the computer system, the coding amount of the screen display and the screen transition in the development work is reduced, and the development efficiency is improved. Can be made. Comparing and estimating the development man-hours in the present embodiment and the development man-hours in the prior art, it is assumed that the man-hours can be reduced to about 1/6 from detailed design to program manufacturing process. Codes based on the created screen definition information and data input / output definition information can be duplicated and developed when new application development is performed, so applications defined with similar screen items and screen transitions Development efficiency can be improved. In addition, when making changes according to the demands of companies that use computer systems and similar program development, it can be created by modifying and copying definition information, so it is possible to develop without greatly expanding the impact of modification. is there.

  Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of source coding required for the view definition and action component call processing accompanying the view definition.

  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 a network block diagram containing the information processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process procedure example 1 in the information processing method of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process procedure example 2 in the information processing method of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process procedure example 3 in the information processing method of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows process sequence example 4 in the information processing method of this embodiment. It is the screen layout of the application before the change. It is the screen layout of the application after the change. It is a layout and input example of a screen definition sheet and a data input / output definition sheet before change. It is a layout and input example of a screen definition sheet and a data input / output definition sheet after change. It is an example of a screen definition file. It is an example of a data input / output definition file.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Information processing apparatus, server 101 Program database 102 Program 103 Memory 104 CPU
105 Input Interface 106 Output Interface 107 Communication Device 110 Screen Definition Control Unit 111 Data Input / Output Control Unit 112 Screen Definition Code Generation Unit 113 Data Input / Output Definition Code Generation Unit 114 Output Processing Unit 125 Screen Definition Coding Rule Storage Unit 126 Data Input / Output Definition Coding rule storage unit 140 Network 150 Storage device 200 Terminal

Claims (5)

An information processing apparatus that supports operation attribute setting of an application program,
In each screen data output to the terminal as the application program is executed, input fields are provided for screen items, screen item layouts, screen item attributes, and screen transition information indicating cooperation between screens . Screen definition sheet that is input screen data is transmitted to the terminal as an input interface , setting in the input field is received as screen definition information, and the screen definition information is associated with each screen and stored in a storage device. A control unit;
Regarding action components that are scheduled to be executed as each screen data is output to the terminal, setting of correspondence between at least one of input arguments and output arguments and screen items in the screen definition information , and action component execution A data input / output definition sheet, which is input screen data including an input field regarding an operation corresponding to the occurrence of an error at the time and a setting for a message to be displayed on the screen corresponding to the operation, is transmitted to the terminal; A data input / output control unit that accepts the setting as data input / output definition information and stores the data input / output definition information in a storage device;
A screen definition coding rule storage unit storing rules for converting the screen definition information into a code corresponding to output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal;
A data input / output definition coding rule storage unit storing a rule for converting the data input / output definition information into a code corresponding to output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal;
Screen definition code generation unit that reads screen definition information of the storage device, generates a code by applying the read screen definition information to a rule of the screen definition coding rule storage unit, and stores the code in the storage device When,
Data that reads data input / output definition information of the storage device, generates a code by applying the data input / output definition information to the rules of the data input / output definition coding rule storage unit, and stores the code in the storage device An input / output definition code generator,
When executing the application program , an output processing unit that reads each code stored in the storage device and outputs each screen data to a terminal according to the information of the screen transition ;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The screen definition coding rule storage unit, as a rule for generating a code corresponding to the output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal, from the screen definition information, screen items included in the screen definition information, arrangement of screen items, screen Generates a tag corresponding to at least one of the item attributes, and stores procedure information that associates each data of the screen item, the arrangement of the screen item, and the attribute of the screen item with the tag,
The data input / output definition coding rule storage unit generates, as a rule for generating a code corresponding to the output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal, from the data input / output definition information, the input argument included in the data input / output definition information Or a tag corresponding to at least one of the output arguments and at least one of the screen items in the screen definition information, an operation corresponding to the error occurrence at the time of executing the action component, and a message to be displayed on the screen corresponding to the operation Each tag data is generated by generating a tag and displaying the input argument or output argument in the corresponding tag, the screen item in the screen definition information , the action corresponding to the error occurrence at the time of executing the action component, and the message displayed on the screen corresponding to the action. Which stores the procedure information to associate
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. When the screen definition control unit accepts the screen definition information again from the input interface with respect to the same screen data, the screen definition information stored in the storage device is updated to the latest information,
The data input / output control unit updates the data input / output definition information stored in the storage device to the latest information when the data input / output definition information is received again from the input interface with respect to the same action component,
The screen definition code generation unit detects the update of the screen definition information in the storage device, reads the latest screen definition information, regenerates the code, and stores the regenerated code in the storage device,
The data input / output definition code generation unit detects the update of the data input / output definition information in the storage device, reads the latest data input / output definition information, regenerates the code, and stores the regenerated code in the storage device. Execute the store,
The output processing unit, when executing the application program, reads the regenerated code stored in the storage device and executes output of the screen data to the terminal.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. An information processing apparatus that supports operation attribute setting of an application program
In each screen data output to the terminal as the application program is executed, input fields are provided for screen items, screen item layouts, screen item attributes, and screen transition information indicating cooperation between screens . A process of transmitting a screen definition sheet as input screen data to the terminal as an input interface, accepting the setting in the input field as screen definition information, and storing the screen definition information in association with each screen in a storage device;
Regarding action components that are scheduled to be executed as each screen data is output to the terminal, setting of correspondence between at least one of input arguments and output arguments and screen items in the screen definition information , and action component execution A data input / output definition sheet, which is input screen data including an input field regarding an operation corresponding to the occurrence of an error at the time and a setting for a message to be displayed on the screen corresponding to the operation, is transmitted to the terminal; Receiving the setting as data input / output definition information, and storing the data input / output definition information in a storage device;
Code by reading the screen definition information of the storage device and applying the read screen definition information to a rule that generates a code according to the output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal based on the screen definition information Generating the code and storing the code in a storage device;
The data input / output definition information of the storage device is read, and the data input / output definition information is applied to a rule for generating a code corresponding to the output processing of the corresponding screen data on the terminal based on the data input / output definition information. Processing to generate a code and store the code in a storage device;
When executing the application program, a process of reading each code stored in the storage device and outputting each screen data to the terminal according to the information of the screen transition;
The information processing method characterized by performing. In the information processing device that supports the setting of the operation attribute of the application program,
In each screen data output to the terminal as the application program is executed, input fields are provided for screen items, screen item layouts, screen item attributes, and screen transition information indicating cooperation between screens . A process of transmitting a screen definition sheet as input screen data to the terminal as an input interface, accepting the setting in the input field as screen definition information, and storing the screen definition information in association with each screen in a storage device;
Regarding action components that are scheduled to be executed as each screen data is output to the terminal, setting of correspondence between at least one of input arguments and output arguments and screen items in the screen definition information , and action component execution A data input / output definition sheet, which is input screen data including an input field regarding an operation corresponding to the occurrence of an error at the time and a setting for a message to be displayed on the screen corresponding to the operation, is transmitted to the terminal; Receiving the setting as data input / output definition information, and storing the data input / output definition information in a storage device;
Code by reading the screen definition information of the storage device and applying the read screen definition information to a rule that generates a code according to the output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal based on the screen definition information Generating the code and storing the code in a storage device;
The data input / output definition information of the storage device is read, and the data input / output definition information is applied to a rule for generating a code corresponding to the output processing of the corresponding screen data in the terminal based on the data input / output definition information Processing to generate a code and store the code in a storage device;
A program that, when executing the application program, reads each code stored in the storage device and outputs each screen data to a terminal according to the screen transition information

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