JP5645717B2 - Program processing apparatus and program processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a computer program and a program processing technique for processing a program specification thereof.

  In recent years, the number, scale, and complexity of computer programs incorporated in embedded products have increased due to the high functionality of embedded products. Therefore, in the field of development of such a computer program, not only development but also management of the computer program itself has become troublesome.

  Conventionally, for example, a program editing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 has been proposed for improving the efficiency of management of computer programs. This program editing apparatus is a source code storage means for storing source codes of various programs, and a document created corresponding to each of the above source codes, and the contents of each of the source codes are described in detail for each attribute. Document storage means for storing the received document.

JP-A-7-129378

  In the development of a computer program, a computer program and its program specifications are displayed on a display at the same time, and work is often performed while referring to them. However, in the configuration in which the source code and the document are stored separately as in the program editing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the operation of specifying the source code and the document are specified for displaying the source code and the corresponding document. The work to be done occurs separately and is troublesome.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a program processing technique capable of more efficiently displaying a computer program and program specifications.

  One embodiment of the present invention relates to a program processing apparatus. The program processing apparatus includes: a data acquisition unit that acquires integrated data including a code that describes a computer program and specification data that describes a program specification of the computer program; and the integrated data acquired by the data acquisition unit. A data specifying unit for specifying the specification data, a first display area for displaying the contents of the computer program described by the code specified by the data specifying unit, and a program described by the specification data specified by the data specifying unit A display control unit that includes a second display area for displaying the content of the specification in a single screen and displays the second display area on a predetermined display unit.

  According to this aspect, the integrated data including the code and the specification data is acquired, and a single screen for displaying the contents of the computer program described by the code and the contents of the program specification described by the specification data is displayed. Can be displayed on the means.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a program processing method. In this method, a code describing a computer program and specification data describing a program specification of the computer program are linked to each other, and when one of them is read for display, the other is also read based on the link.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, or those obtained by replacing the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention with each other between apparatuses, methods, systems, computer programs, recording media storing computer programs, and the like are also included in the present invention. It is effective as an embodiment of

  According to the present invention, display processing of computer programs and program specifications can be made more efficient.

It is a block diagram which shows the function and structure of the program processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the data structure of the integrated file hold | maintained at the data holding part of FIG. It is a representative screen figure of an edit screen. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of editing processing in a designation limiting unit and an editing control unit in FIG. 1. It is a typical screen figure of an edit screen when "origin detection complete" is double-clicked by the user. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process in the compilation control part of FIG.

  The present invention will be described below based on preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings. The same or equivalent components, members, and processes shown in the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals, and repeated descriptions are omitted as appropriate.

  In the program processing apparatus according to the embodiment, a code describing a computer program used for an embedded product and specification data describing a program specification of the computer program are held in a holding unit in a state of being linked to each other. . In the program processing device, when one of the code and the specification data is read for display, the other is also read based on the link. In particular, in the program processing apparatus, the code and the specification data are integrated as one integrated file, and the integrated file is held and displayed as one processing unit. Therefore, the user can display the contents of a desired computer program and the contents of the corresponding program specification on the display simply by specifying the integrated file. Since the user does not need to search for a computer program or program specifications while looking at a separate note or the like, the program processing apparatus according to the embodiment can save time and human error.

  The code describing the computer program is generated based on a predetermined programming language. The code may include a plurality of parts generated based on different programming languages. Further, the specification data can include data in various formats such as moving images, still images, sounds, and texts.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing functions and configuration of a program processing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment. Each block shown here can be realized by hardware such as a computer (CPU) (central processing unit) and other elements and mechanical devices, and software can be realized by a computer program or the like. Here, The functional block realized by those cooperation is drawn. Therefore, it is understood by those skilled in the art who have touched this specification that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by a combination of hardware and software.

The program processing apparatus 100 is connected to an input device 102 such as a mouse and a keyboard and a display 104 such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). Note that the program processing device 100 may be connected to an input device or a display via a network (not shown) such as the Internet.
The program processing apparatus 100 includes a data acquisition unit 110, a data specification unit 120, a display control unit 130, a designation restriction unit 140, an edit control unit 150, a compile control unit 160, and a data holding unit 170. .

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the integrated file 300 held in the data holding unit 170. The integrated file 300 includes a component element information storage area 302, an editable flag 304, a program layer 306 in which codes are stored, and a specification document layer 308 in which specification data is stored. The program layer 306 has a storage area for each programming language used. In the example of FIG. 3, a sequence program area 310 for storing a sequence code describing a sequence program and a control loop code for describing a control loop program are stored. A control loop program area 312 to be saved and a programming language flag 314 are included. The sequence program area 310 has a sequence data storage area 316 in which a sequence code is stored, and a sequence clipboard area 318 in which the current editing content is temporarily stored. The control loop program area 312 includes a control loop data storage area 320 in which control loop codes are stored, and a control loop clipboard area 322 in which current editing contents are temporarily stored. The specification document layer 308 includes a specification data storage region 324 where specification data is stored, and a specification clipboard region 326 where current editing contents are temporarily stored.

The component element information storage area 302 stores the address of the component elements constituting the integrated file 300 to the storage area in the data holding unit 170 and the attribute of the component element in association with each other.
Constituent elements of the integrated file 300 are, for example, one sequence element of a sequence program, one element of a control loop of a control loop program, moving image data and still image data included in specification data.
The attribute of the component is set so as to correspond to the classification in the editable flag 304 and the programming language flag 314, and includes, for example, information indicating whether the component is code or specification data. However, information indicating whether the data belongs to a sequence program or a control loop program or information indicating what format data is included in the specification data is included.

  The editable flag 304 is operated by a flag operation unit 144 described later. The editable flag 304 is flagged in both the first state in which only the “program” is flagged, the second state in which only the “specification” is flagged, and “program” and “specification”. There are three possible states: the third state in which is not standing. The first state indicates that the user is editing the code, the second state indicates that the user is editing the specification data, and the third state indicates that neither the code nor the specification data is edited. Therefore, both indicate that they can be designated as editing targets.

The programming language flag 314 indicates the programming language of the code included in the integrated file 300 and indicates which code is to be compiled. The programming language flag 314 is operated by a compile designation receiving unit 162 described later. In the example of FIG. 2, the programming language flag 314 indicates that a “sequence” programming language and a “control loop” programming language are used in the code. In addition, the programming language flag 314 is set to any one of the fourth state in which only the “sequence” is flagged, the fifth state in which only the “control loop” is flagged, and “sequence” or “control loop”. There are three possible states: the sixth state in which no flag is set. The fourth state indicates that the sequence code is designated as a compilation target by the user, and the fifth state indicates that the control loop code is designated as a compilation target by the user.
The state before the integrated file 300 is acquired by the data acquisition unit 110, that is, by default, the editable flag 304 is in the third state and the programming language flag 314 is in the sixth state.

  FIG. 2 illustrates the case where the code includes a sequence code generated based on the sequence programming language and a control loop code generated based on the control loop programming language. It is not limited. For example, the code may include three or more parts generated based on different programming languages, in which case there are three or more objects to be flagged in the programming language flag 314.

Returning to FIG. 1, the data acquisition unit 110 acquires an integrated file. The data acquisition unit 110 includes an integrated file registration unit 112 and a read designation reception unit 114.
The integrated file registration unit 112 acquires and acquires an integrated file from an external storage medium such as a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, or via a network. The integrated file is registered in the data holding unit 170. Alternatively, the integrated file registration unit 112 may generate an integrated file based on information input by the user via the input device 102 and register the generated integrated file in the data holding unit 170.

  The user designates an integrated file desired to be viewed or edited as an integrated file to be read from the integrated files held in the data holding unit 170 of the program processing apparatus 100. The user may input an integrated file ID for specifying the integrated file such as a file name of the integrated file via the input device 102. The reading designation receiving unit 114 receives the designation of the integrated file to be read by the user. The reading designation receiving unit 114 may receive the integrated file ID input by the user.

  When the specification is received by the reading specification receiving unit 114, the data specifying unit 120 specifies the code and the specification data from the integrated file to be read. The data specifying unit 120 includes a code specifying unit 122 and a specification specification specifying unit 124. The code specifying unit 122 specifies a code from the integrated file to be read. The specification specification unit 124 specifies specification data from the integrated file to be read. The code specifying unit 122 may extract the address to the storage area in which the code is stored based on the attribute of the constituent element with reference to the constituent element information storage area 302 of the integrated file to be read. The same applies to the specification specification unit 124.

  The display control unit 130 displays a code display area for displaying the contents of the computer program described by the code specified by the data specifying unit 120 and the contents of the program specification described by the specification data specified by the data specifying unit 120. The specification display area is included in a single editing screen and displayed on the display 104. The display control unit 130 includes a code display area generation unit 132, a specification display area generation unit 134, and an edit screen generation unit 136.

  The code display area generating unit 132 generates a code display area from the code specified by the code specifying unit 122. The code display area may graphically display the contents of the computer program.

  The specification display area generation unit 134 generates a specification display area from the specification data specified by the specification specification unit 124. The specification display area is an area for displaying a still image if the specification data is still image data, an area for displaying the text if the specification data is text data, and a moving image if the specification data is video data. It is an area.

  The edit screen generator 136 causes the display 104 to display a single edit screen including the code display area generated by the code display area generator 132 and the specification display area generated by the specification display area generator 134. Generate display data. The edit screen generation unit 136 transmits the generated display data to the display 104.

  FIG. 3 is a representative screen diagram of the editing screen 400. The edit screen 400 has a code display area 402, a specification display area 404, a program edit button 406, a specification edit button 408, a sequence compile button 410, and a loop compile button 412.

  Returning to FIG. 1, when one of the code and the specification data included in the integrated file to be read is designated as an editing target by the user, the designation restriction unit 140 designates the other as an editing target by the user. Limit. The designation restriction unit 140 includes an edit designation reception unit 142 and a flag operation unit 144.

  The user either double-clicks the desired location in the code display area or specification display area on the edit screen, or clicks either the program edit button or the specification edit button, and either the code or the specification data. Is specified for editing.

  The edit designation receiving unit 142 determines whether one designated as the edit target corresponds to the editable flag of the integrated file to be read. Specifically, the edit designation receiving unit 142 determines that the designated one is a code and the editable flag is in the first state or the third state, and that the designated one is a specification and the editable flag is the first. When it is in the second state or the third state, it is determined that it corresponds. In other cases, for example, when one designated is a code and the editable flag is in the second state, the edit designation receiving unit 142 determines that it does not correspond.

If it is determined to be compatible, the edit designation receiving unit 142 accepts the designation, that is, the designation of one of the code and the specification data by the user as the editing target.
If it is determined that it does not correspond, the edit designation receiving unit 142 does not accept the designation. In this case, the edit designation receiving unit 142 may display a warning indicating that the designation is prohibited on the display 104.

  For example, if the program edit button is pressed while the editable flag is in the third state, the edit designation receiving unit 142 receives the code as an edit target. If the specification edit button is pressed while the editable flag is in the third state, the edit designation receiving unit 142 receives the specification data as an edit target. When one of the constituent elements displayed in the code display area is double-clicked when the editable flag is in the third state, the edit designation receiving unit 142 receives the constituent element of the code as an editing target.

  When the designation is accepted by the edit designation accepting unit 142, the flag operation unit 144 determines the necessity of flag operation. The flag operation unit 144 determines that the flag operation is not necessary when the editable flag of the integrated file to be read is in the first state or the second state. The flag operation unit 144 determines that the flag operation is necessary when the editable flag is in the third state.

  When it is determined that the flag operation is necessary, the flag operation unit 144 changes the editable flag of the integrated file to be read so as to correspond to the designated edit target. For example, when the designated editing target is a code, the flag operation unit 144 changes the editable flag from the third state to the first state. The flag operation unit 144 changes the editable flag from the third state to the second state when the designated editing target is the specification data.

  When the editing specification receiving unit 142 receives the designation, the editing control unit 150 controls editing for the designated editing target. For example, the editing control unit 150 acquires the editing contents for the editing target from the user via the input device 102, and stores the acquired editing contents in the sequence clipboard area, the control loop clipboard area, the specification clipboard area, and the like. May be. The editing control unit 150 changes the editable flag to the third state when the end of editing is indicated by the user by saving the editing contents.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of editing processing in the designation limiting unit 140 and the editing control unit 150. Here, let us consider a case where the user double-clicks on a component of the editing screen 400 shown in FIG. 3, for example, “origin detection complete” in the code display area 402. The edit designation receiving unit 142 searches the component information storage area of the integrated file for the designated component, that is, “origin detection complete” (S202). The edit designation receiving unit 142 acquires the designated component, that is, the attribute of “origin detection complete” from the search result (S204). This acquired attribute indicates that “origin detection complete” is one element of the code. The edit designation receiving unit 142 determines whether or not the acquired attribute corresponds to the editable flag (S206). If it is determined that it does not correspond (N in S206), the edit designation receiving unit 142 does not accept the designation and ends the process. When it is determined that it corresponds (Y in S206), the edit designation receiving unit 142 receives the designated component as an edit target (S208). Here, consider a case where the editable flag is in the third state when “origin detection complete” is double-clicked by the user. Therefore, the edit designation receiving unit 142 determines that it corresponds, and receives “origin detection complete” as an edit target.

  The flag operation unit 144 determines whether the editable flag is in the third state (S210). When the state is not the third state (N in S210), the flag operation unit 144 passes the process to the edit control unit 150 without performing the flag operation. When it is in the third state (Y in S210), the flag operation unit 144 changes the editable flag (S212). In the example of “origin detection complete”, the flag operation unit 144 changes the editable flag from the third state to the first state. The edit control unit 150 marks the designated component, that is, “origin detection complete” on the display 104 (S214), and controls editing for the mark.

  FIG. 5 is a representative screen diagram of the edit screen 420 when “origin detection complete” is double-clicked by the user. A mark 422 is put around “completion of origin detection”.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the compilation control unit 160 controls the compilation of the code included in the integrated file to be read. The compile control unit 160 includes a compile designation receiving unit 162, a compiler selecting unit 164, and a compile executing unit 166.

  The user designates one of the sequence code and the control loop code as a compilation target by clicking the sequence compilation button or the loop compilation button on the editing screen.

  The compile designation receiving unit 162 determines whether the code can be edited. Specifically, the compile designation receiving unit 162 determines that the code is editable when the editable flag is in the first state or the third state, and determines that the code is not editable when in the second state.

When it is determined that the code is editable, the compile designation receiving unit 162 accepts the designation, that is, the designation of one of the sequence code and control loop code by the user as a compilation target.
When it is determined that editing is not possible, the compile designation receiving unit 162 does not accept the designation. In this case, the compile designation receiving unit 162 may display a warning on the display 104 indicating that the designation is prohibited.

  When the compile designation receiving unit 162 receives the compile target designation, the compile designation receiving unit 162 changes the programming language flag of the integrated file to be read so as to correspond to the designated compile target. For example, when the designated compilation target is a sequence code, the compile designation receiving unit 162 changes the programming language flag from the sixth state to the fourth state. The compile designation receiving unit 162 changes the programming language flag from the sixth state to the fifth state when the designated compilation target is a control loop code.

  When the programming language flag is changed by the compile designation receiving unit 162, the compiler selection unit 164 selects a compiler corresponding to the programming language for which the flag is set among the changed programming language flags. For example, the compiler selection unit 164 selects the compiler for the sequence when the changed programming language flag is in the fourth state, and selects the compiler for the control loop when the changed programming language flag is in the fifth state. .

  The compilation execution unit 166 compiles the compilation target with the compiler selected by the compiler selection unit 164. In particular, the compile execution unit 166 extracts the address of the component having the attribute corresponding to the changed programming language flag from the component information storage area 302. The compile execution unit 166 reads the code to be compiled from the data holding unit 170 based on the extracted address, and compiles it with the compiler selected by the compiler selection unit 164.

  For example, when the changed programming language flag is in the fourth state, the compile execution unit 166 extracts the address of the component having the attribute of belonging to the sequence program, that is, the address of the sequence data storage area from the component information storage area 302. .

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing in the compile control unit 160. The compile designation receiving unit 162 determines whether the editable flag is in the first state or the third state (S216). If not (N in S216), the compile designation receiving unit 162 does not accept the compile target designation and ends the process. If so (Y in S216), the compile designation receiving unit 162 changes the programming language flag (S218). The compiler selection unit 164 selects a compiler based on the changed programming language flag (S220). The compile execution unit 166 extracts the address of the component having the attribute corresponding to the changed programming language flag (S222). The compile execution unit 166 compiles the code read based on the extracted address by the selected compiler (S224).

  In the embodiment described above, examples of the holding unit are a hard disk and a semiconductor memory. Further, based on the description of the present specification, each unit is configured by a CPU (not shown), a module of an installed application program, a module of a system program, a semiconductor memory that temporarily stores the content of data read from the hard disk, or the like. It will be understood by those skilled in the art who have touched this specification that it can be realized.

The operation of the program processing apparatus 100 having the above configuration will be described.
The program processing apparatus 100 holds an integrated file including codes and specification data as a processing unit. A user who wants to view or edit the contents of the computer program and / or the specification sheet designates an integrated file for the program processing apparatus 100. Then, the program processing apparatus 100 reads the designated integrated file, and causes the display 104 to display the contents of the computer program and the specifications in a single editing screen.

  According to the program processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, the integrated file including the code and the specification data is acquired and processed, and the content of the computer program described by the code and the content of the program specification described by the specification data are obtained. A single editing screen is displayed on the display 104. Therefore, the user can browse and edit the corresponding computer program and program specifications displayed on the same screen only by designating one integrated file. This saves the trouble of searching for one of the corresponding computer programs and program specifications. For example, when browsing a computer program of another person, the program specification can be referred to immediately, so that the understanding of the computer program can be accelerated.

  In addition, when one of the corresponding computer program and program specification is changed, the other needs to be changed to correspond. According to the program processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, since the corresponding computer program and program specifications are displayed on a single editing screen, the other change is forgotten due to an accidental error or the like, and as a result, the two cannot be matched. The possibility can be reduced. In this regard, when one of the editing control units 150 is changed, the editing control unit 150 may notify the user of the necessity of changing the other via the display 104.

  In the program processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, when one of the computer program and the program specification displayed on the editing screen is being edited, editing with respect to the other is restricted. Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of the mismatch by changing both in parallel can be suppressed. For example, according to the program processing apparatus 100, the user changes one of the computer program and the program specification to confirm the change content, and then changes the other to match the change content of the one to obtain consistency. This makes it easier to adopt the workflow.

  Further, in the program processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, the editing screen itself does not depend on the state of the editable flag. Therefore, regardless of which of the computer program and the program specification is being edited, it is the same on the editing screen or printed matter. The integrated file can be displayed in the form.

  Further, in the program processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to compile a computer program even with an integrated file in which code and specification data are integrated. Furthermore, when a plurality of computer programs are included in the integrated file, compilation for each computer program is possible.

  The configuration and operation of the program processing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment has been described above. These embodiments are exemplifications, and it is understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to each component and combination of processes, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. .

  In the embodiment, a case has been described in which an integrated file including codes and specification data is used as a unit of display processing. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a code having a link to corresponding specification data is a unit of display processing. It is good. In this case, when a code is specified by the user, the data specifying unit refers to a link included in the code, and simultaneously specifies specification data indicated by the link in accordance with the specification of the code. The same applies when the specification data having a link to the corresponding code is used as the unit of display processing.

  In the embodiment, the case where the programming language flag is used when compiling the code has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the code includes a plurality of parts generated based on different programming languages, the programming language is used. The flag may be used as information indicating which part is being edited.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Program processing apparatus, 102 Input device, 104 Display, 110 Data acquisition part, 120 Data specification part, 130 Display control part, 140 Specification control part, 150 Edit control part, 160 Compilation control part, 162 Compile specification reception part, 164 Compiler A selection unit, 166 a compilation execution unit, and a 170 data holding unit.

Claims (5)

A data acquisition unit for acquiring integrated data including a code describing a computer program and specification data describing a program specification of the computer program;
From the integrated data acquired by the data acquisition unit, a data specifying unit for specifying code and specification data, respectively,
A first display area for displaying the contents of the computer program described by the code specified by the data specifying part; and a second display area for displaying the contents of the program specification described by the specification data specified by the data specifying part; Including a single screen and displaying on a predetermined display means,
Specification restriction that restricts that when one of code and specification data included in the integrated data acquired by the data acquisition unit is specified as an editing target by the user, the other is specified as an editing target by the user And
A program processing apparatus comprising: The display control unit includes a program edit button for designating a code corresponding to the content displayed in the first display area as an editing target, and specification data corresponding to the content displayed in the second display area. A specification edit button for designating as an edit target is included in the single screen and displayed.
The designation restriction unit is
In the screen that displays the contents described by the code specified by the user as the editing target in an editable state, the specification data corresponding to the content displayed in the second display area of the screen is specified as the editing target. Is prohibited
In the screen that displays the contents described in the specification data specified as the editing target by the user in an editable state, a code corresponding to the content displayed in the first display area of the screen is specified as the editing target. The program processing device according to claim 1, wherein the program processing device is prohibited . The integrated data acquired by the data acquisition unit includes language data indicating a code programming language,
The program processing device further includes
A compile designation accepting unit that accepts a compile designation from the user for the code included in the integrated data obtained by the data obtaining unit;
A compiler selection unit that selects a compiler corresponding to a programming language indicated by language data included in the integrated data acquired by the data acquisition unit when the compile specification reception unit receives a compile specification ;
A compile execution unit that compiles the specified code by the compiler selected by the compiler selection unit;
With
The compile designation receiving unit
When the specification data included in the integrated data acquired by the data acquisition unit is not specified as an edit target, the compile specification from the user is accepted for the code included in the integrated data,
When the specification data included in the integrated data acquired by the data acquisition unit is specified as an object to be edited, a compile specification from the user is not accepted for the code included in the integrated data. The program processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The code describing the computer program and the specification data describing the program specification of the computer program are linked to each other, and when one of them is read for display, the other is also read based on the link,
A program processing method characterized in that when a user can edit one of code and specification data linked to each other, editing by the user is prohibited for the other . A function of acquiring integrated data including a code describing a computer program and specification data describing a program specification of the computer program;
A function to identify code and specification data from the acquired integrated data,
A first display area for displaying the contents of the computer program described by the specified code and a second display area for displaying the contents of the program specification described by the specified specification data are included in a single screen to obtain a predetermined A function to display on the display means;
The computer realizes a function of restricting that when one of the code and the specification data included in the acquired integrated data is designated as an editing target by the user, the other is designated as the editing target by the user. A computer program characterized by causing

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