JPH0194431A - Software parts synthesizer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the producibility of software by reclaiming accumulated existing software parts and, at the time of synthesizing the parts, automatically changing the parts in matching them to a product specification, in the development to a new equipment control program. CONSTITUTION:The parts are removed from a parts data base device 3 in which the software parts are stored, thereafter, the parts are adapted so as to be matched to a product specification changing request by a means 1 to adapt and synthesize the parts based on a rule written to the headers of the parts, and thereby, the parts can be incorporated in a mounting program. In order to match the parts to the product specification changing request, in the titled parts synthesizer 1, the rule for the parts themselves to be adapted is held, and the parts can be automatically changed by the combination of processes (shaping processes) to change the flow of processing in the parts and the processes (conforming processes) to change parameter values in the parts by means of product specification information. Thus, the new equipment control program to be matched to the product specification changing request can be automatically prepared.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention provides software suitable for creating a new equipment control program that meets product specification change requests by reusing existing software components in creating equipment control programs. Related to parts synthesis equipment.

BACKGROUND ART In general, when synthesizing parts, a procedure is taken in which a part is extracted from a parts database in which parts are stored, and this part is incorporated into a mounting program.

With conventional parts synthesis equipment, components were synthesized for simple processes such as office processing, so when incorporating parts into a program, the overall processing flow was created in advance and the parts were incorporated into it. The procedure was as follows.

Problems that the invention aims to solveHowever, in the conventional method, the overall process flow is complicated.
For equipment control programs that involve many branch processes, it takes only one factorial combination of parts to create the entire process flow.
), creating the overall process flow in advance and embedding parts into it is not enough.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a software component synthesis device that can automatically generate a new device control program that meets product specification change requests.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the software component synthesis apparatus of the present invention includes means for storing product specification information corresponding to conformity rules for components to be synthesized, and storing means; means for selecting a predetermined software component from the storing means; and selecting product specification information based on rules written in the header of the software component selected by the selecting means to synthesize components. This configuration includes means for performing the component synthesis, and means for reducing the output program of the component synthesis.

According to the above configuration, the present invention extracts a component from a component database in which software components are stored, and then converts the component into a product by adapting and composing the component based on the rules written in the header of the component. It can be adapted to meet specification change requests and incorporated into implementation programs.

In order to make parts conform to product specification change requests, this parts synthesis device maintains rules that indicate that the parts themselves must not conform.
The process of changing the processing flow within a part (shaping process) and the process of changing parameter values within a part (
It is characterized by the ability to automatically change parts by combining it with the matching process).

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 1, 1 is a component synthesis device that performs component synthesis and outputs a mounting program, 2 is a product specification database device that stores product specification information for component synthesis, and 3 is a component synthesis device. This is a parts database device that stores target parts.

FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11 denotes a user request analysis section that analyzes a processing request input by a shoer and passes it to a component synthesis section. 12
is a processing unit that performs component synthesis based on the information received from the user request analysis unit, RAM map management, shaping,
It consists of three processing sections: a matching section, a combining section, and a combining section.

The RAM map management section stores the R used in the program.
This is the part that manages AM variables and flags, and performs formatting and
The matching section is a section that transforms parts based on the rule information in the header of the parts, and the compositing section is a section that synthesizes shaped and matched parts to generate a compositing program.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a parts database device in which parts to be synthesized are stored, and 14 is a part that accesses this parts database apparatus and takes in the parts requested by the parts synthesis section.

16 is a product specification database device in which product specification information for performing component synthesis is stored; 16 is a part that accesses this product specification database and returns product specification information queried by the component synthesis section.

18 is an implementation program that is implemented on the memory of the control device by inputting the synthesis program that has been output multiple times from the component synthesis section, searching for a specific pattern of the program code, and applying the reduction) v - / l /. This is the part that generates.

Next, the operation of the parts synthesizing apparatus configured as described above will be explained using the flowchart shown in FIG.

A processing request for parts synthesis input by the user is first analyzed in step 21 and passed to the parts synthesis section. In step 22, the name of the part to be inserted next is selected, a request for the part and input is sent to the parts management department, and the corresponding part is read from the parts database device. Based on the rules written in the header of the loaded part, the part is shaped in step 23,
Further, in step 24, parts are aligned. At this stage, the read parts are in a form that can be synthesized, and in step 26, the corresponding parts are synthesized. Step 2 above
Repeat steps 3 to 26 until there are no more parts to insert.

The synthesis program generation process is completed when there are no more parts to be imported, and in step 26 a specific pattern of program code is searched for, reduction is performed, and an implementation program is generated.

As mentioned above, by storing shaping rules that change the processing flow within the part and matching rules that change the parameter values within the part in the header of each part based on product specification information, parts can be automatically created for new models. Changes are possible.
There is no need to create a process flow for the entire synthesis program in advance.

FIG. 4 is an example of shaping parts.

It is assumed that the parts read from the parts database are subjected to the processes 31 to 36. Assuming that we are currently synthesizing parts for a model that does not have a temperature globe, it can be seen from the rules written in the header of the part that the processing in 32.34 is unnecessary. Then, shaping processing is performed on the read parts, and the parts are shaped into the parts to be subjected to the processing t from 36 to 38.

FIG. 6 is an example of alignment of parts.

The parts that have undergone the shaping process are matched according to matching rules written in the header of the part.

Now, in Fig. 6, embedding parameter value 3 for matching parameter B is the matching process, and the parts are 44-
46 processing parts.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, in the development of a new equipment control program, existing software components that have been accumulated can be reused, and components can be assembled in accordance with the product specifications with a distinctive feature of component synthesis. Automatic modification (formatting and matching) allows software developers to automatically generate device control programs simply by inputting required specifications, leading to significant improvements in software productivity.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a software component synthesis device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of the same device, FIG. 3 is a processing flowchart of component synthesis in the same device, and FIGS. The figure shows the shaping and shaping of parts in the same device.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing alignment. 1... Parts synthesis device, 2... Product specification database device, 3... Parts database device, 11... User requirement analysis section, 12... −
- Parts synthesis section, 13... Parts database device, 14... Parts database management section, 16...
... Product specification database device, 16 ... Specification database management section, 17 ... Synthesis program, 18 ... Reduction section, 19 ... Implementation program. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person No. 1
Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 8 Alignment

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a system that automatically generates a device control program by reusing existing software components consisting of program code and compliance rules and performing component synthesis, product specification information corresponding to the component compliance rules for component synthesis is generated. storing means; means for storing the software component; means for selecting a predetermined software component from the selecting means; 1. A software component synthesis device, comprising: means for selecting product specification information and performing component synthesis; and means for reducing the size of an output program for said component synthesis.