JPH06250833A - Method for processing data item information dealing with multilanguage - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a multilanguage dealing data item information processing method capable of eliminating necessity for an operator to learn an operation language newly in a software developing environment for operating plural programming languages and preventing resources from being duplicated. CONSTITUTION:The multilanguage dealing data item information processing method is characterized by dynamically changing an operation screen depending upon a certain programming language to an operation screen depending upon another programming language by starting conversion processing to a specified programming language in data item dictionary shared operation for storing data item dictionary information inputted by the format of an optional programming language specification in a data item dictionary 21 by the format of dictionary item data by using an operation screen of programming language itself in a system for managing and operating the information of a data item to be used for development by means of the dictionary 21, and when a programming language specified at the time of starting the dictionary 21 is different from a current programming language, executing processing depending upon the physical structure of the dictionary 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multilingual data item information processing method, that is, a data item information registration / change processing method in a data item dictionary management function of data item information using a computer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional data item information management system using a general data item dictionary, a plurality of programming language developers perform addition / reference / update operations on the data item dictionary. In this case, the operator of the data item dictionary should extract the substantive information of each data item (information having attribute information such as data item name, type, number of digits, etc.) in a format that depends on the programming language that it knows. Or it was necessary to operate on the description in the original language system of the data item dictionary. In the former case of the above prior art, that is, in the case of constructing a data item dictionary in a format dependent on a programming language, a plurality of data item dictionaries corresponding to the programming language are required, and it is difficult to prevent resource multiplexing. . As a method for preventing resource multiplexing, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
In the "language analysis device" disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 42770, a dictionary memory that stores dictionary item data in which knowledge information and its notation are associated with each other is stored in the notation conversion unit that analyzes the input language and the notation conversion unit. To the dictionary storage unit via a language notation mapping table for searching the dictionary storage unit during language analysis and a notation conversion mapping table for searching the dictionary storage unit during language notation conversion processing. There is a method of sharing the stored dictionary item data between the analysis dictionary section and the notation conversion dictionary section, but this method cannot handle a plurality of languages. In the latter of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, that is, in the description of the data item dictionary in the original language system, it is necessary to newly learn the operation language of the data item dictionary. As an operation language conversion method, for example, in the “hierarchical order command conversion method” disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-216021, in the database management system of network structure type, the record type included in the database There is a method in which a conversion table describing the hierarchical order is provided on the magnetic storage medium, and the hierarchical order search command is converted by referring to the conversion table. There was no response to accumulation.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, as described above, in performing the data item operation, the data item dictionary depending on a certain programming language is constructed, or the operator of the data item dictionary is operated. Had a serious problem that it was necessary to newly learn the operation language of the data item dictionary, which is a language other than the programming language that it knows. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the conventional technology, and in a software development environment that operates a plurality of programming languages,
The operator does not need to learn a new operating language, and
It is to provide a multi-language compatible data item information processing method capable of preventing duplication of resources.

[0004]

The above objects of the present invention are as follows:
In a system that manages and operates information on data items used for development using a data item dictionary under a software development environment that operates multiple programming languages, use the programming screens unique to the programming language to specify the desired programming language specifications. When the data item dictionary information input in the format is stored in the data item dictionary in the form of dictionary item data, and the programming language specified when the data item dictionary is started is different from the current programming language,
In the common operation of the data item dictionary that performs a process depending on the physical structure of the data item dictionary, by starting the conversion process to the specified programming language, the operation screen depending on a certain programming language is changed to another programming language. This is achieved by a multilingual data item information processing method characterized by dynamically changing to a dependent operation screen.

[0005]

In the multilingual data item information processing method according to the present invention, first, the data item dictionary is stored with the data item dictionary information in a format unique to the data item dictionary or in a format of a certain programming language. Keep it. When adding / updating / referencing the data item dictionary information, the operator specifies the programming language that he / she knows and activates the operation screen. Perform using. In addition, another operator who knows a different programming language moves an already started screen to an operation screen in a programming language that he or she knows in the common operation of the data item dictionary, which performs processing depending on the physical structure of the data item dictionary. Can be switched automatically. As a result, the data item dictionary information can be added / updated / referenced using a programming language known to itself. Therefore, according to the multi-language compatible data item information processing method according to the present invention, since the plurality of language-dependent operation screens are assigned to the same data item dictionary, the operator does not need to newly learn the operation language. Also, it is possible to prevent duplication of resources.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a device configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 11 is a display unit for displaying data and commands, 12 is input of data and commands,
Keyboard for selecting menus, 13 for the same mouse, 1
6 is an auxiliary storage device described later, 14 is the auxiliary storage device 16
A main memory device for storing the data item dictionary input from the computer and instructions and data input from the keyboard 12 and the mouse 13, and 15 indicates a processor described later. The auxiliary storage device 16 is composed of a disk 161 for storing a data item dictionary and a disk control unit 162 for controlling input / output of the data item dictionary with respect to the disk 161. Further, the processor 15 described above draws data and commands / data item dictionaries on the display unit 11 according to the operation language, and adds, updates, and refers to the data item dictionary information, and a data item common operation unit 151, The language operation unit 152 converts the dictionary item data according to the language specification.

FIG. 2 shows an operation outline of the embodiment. The data item dictionary 21 includes data item dictionary information 22. The data item dictionary 21 can be added / referenced / updated by the data item dictionary common operation unit 23. Further, the data item dictionary information converted by the language operation unit can be drawn on the screen. The A language operation screen 26 can be operated according to the programming language A language specification. The A language operating unit 24 uses the data item dictionary common operating unit 23 to access the data item dictionary information 22.
Is read out and converted into A language specifications, and A language operation screen 2
Send the result to 6. Further, the A language operating section 24 converts the data item dictionary information described in the A language specification on the A language operating screen 26 into the data item dictionary information 22 and sends the result to the data item dictionary common operating section 23. The C language operation screen 27 can be operated by the programming language C language specification. The C language operation unit 25 reads the data item dictionary information 22 from the data item dictionary common operation unit 23, converts the data item dictionary information 22 into the C language specification, and then the C language operation screen 27.
Send the result to.

The C language operation unit 25 also converts the data item dictionary information described in the C language operation screen 27 according to the C language specification into the data item dictionary information 22 and the data item dictionary common operation unit 23 receives the result. To send. FIG. 3 shows dictionary item data of the data item dictionary. The data item dictionary 33 is
The data items stored in the secondary storage device in the format shown in FIG. 3 are stored in the main storage. The type identifier 32 describes the storage format of the data item input to the data item dictionary. The dictionary item data 31 is the type identifier 3
2 and the data body 33. Type identifier 32
Represents the type in which the data body 33 is described. With this format, on main memory and auxiliary memory,
The dictionary item data is retained. The type identifier is referred to when the dictionary item data is operated, and the format of the data body 33 is converted if necessary. The data body 33 is
The data item name 34, the data name 35, the type 36 indicating the type of the data item, the length 37 indicating the number of digits of the data item, and the edit format 38.

FIG. 4 shows an example of screen transition. In the example shown here, when the C language is designated as the language classification on the A language operation screen 41 and the screen transition 42 is performed, the screen transitions to the C language operation screen 43. On the A language operation screen 41,
The data name, type, and edit format displayed in the A language specification are according to the type identifier of the item dictionary data on the main memory.
The C language operation unit converts the C language specification, and the data item common operation unit displays the item dictionary data on the C language operation screen 43 in the C language specification. FIG. 5 shows a flow of processing for switching the screen display shown in FIG. 4 described above. On the language operation screen of the data item dictionary, an operation input step 51 allows the data dictionary operator to instruct a request. The data item dictionary common operation unit that has received the request determines the operation (step 52).
If it is determined in step 52 that the request is to read new data, the dictionary item data is input from the data item dictionary on the auxiliary storage device in the data item dictionary common operation section (step 53) and stored in the auxiliary storage device. It is stored in the main memory in the same format as the dictionary item data.

Further, in the above-mentioned determination in step 52,
If the request is a screen display switching process, the dictionary item data is fetched from the main memory in the data item dictionary common operation unit. Further, the type identifier of the data fetched in the data item dictionary common operation unit is compared with the request type indicator (step 55), and if necessary, the data name / type / edit format is converted in the language operation unit (step 55). 56). The language operation unit passes the converted dictionary item data to the data item dictionary common operation unit, and redraws the screen to draw the dictionary item data on the screen in the data item dictionary common operation unit (step 57). If the request is other than the relevant processing, other processing (step 54) is performed. FIG. 6 shows specific dictionary item data. In FIG. 6, the dictionary item data has a type identifier 61 of “COMMON” and a data item name 62.
Is the "name code" and the data name 63 is "NAME-C
ODE ", type 64 is" integer ", length 65 is" 8 "
The edit format 66 is composed of "left justified: rear space".

The operation of the embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. When the screen transition 42 is performed by designating the C language as the language classification on the A language operation screen 41, the request identifier "C language" is acquired by the operation input (step 51) in the data item common operation unit 151. The dictionary item data is already stored in the main memory, the display switching process is performed based on the operation determination (step 52), and
Type identifier 61 "COM of dictionary item data in main memory
MON "and the request type identifier" C language "are compared (step 55). Here, since the type identifier and the request type identifier are not equal, the C language operation unit
Conversion of data name 63, type 64 and editing format 66 type
(Step 56) is performed. The converted dictionary item data is redrawn on the screen by the data item common operation unit 151 (step 57).

According to the above embodiment, in the software development environment operating a plurality of programming languages, the operator specifies the programming language known to the operator to activate the operation screen, and adds / updates the data item dictionary information. -In addition to performing the reference using a programming language that the user knows, in the common operation of the data item dictionary, the screen that has already been activated can be dynamically switched to the operation screen in the programming language that the user knows. As a result, the data item dictionary information can be added / updated / referenced using a programming language known to itself. It is needless to say that the above embodiment shows one example of the present invention, and the present invention should not be limited to this. For example, the data structure of the dictionary item data of the data item dictionary shown in FIG. 3 and the detailed operation of the display switching process shown in FIG.

[0013]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is not necessary for an operator to newly learn an operation language in a software development environment that operates a plurality of programming languages, and resource resources can be saved. The remarkable effect that the multilingual data item information processing method capable of preventing duplication can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a device configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing dictionary item data of a data item dictionary.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen transition from an A language operation screen to a C language operation screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of a display switching process.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of dictionary item data of a data item dictionary.

[Explanation of symbols]

11: display unit, 12: keyboard, 13: mouse, 1
4: main storage device, 15: processor, 151: data item common operation unit, 152: language operation unit, 16: auxiliary storage device, 161: disk, 162: disk control unit, 2
1: data item dictionary, 22: data item dictionary information, 2
3: Data item dictionary common operation unit, 24: A language operation unit,
25: C language operation unit, 26: A language operation screen, 27: C
Language operation screen, 31: dictionary item data, 32: type identifier, 33: data body.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a system that manages and operates information on data items used for development using a data item dictionary under a software development environment that operates a plurality of programming languages, using an operation screen unique to the programming language,
Data item dictionary information input in a format of an arbitrary programming language specification is stored in the data item dictionary in the form of dictionary item data, and the programming language specified when the data item dictionary is started is different from the current programming language. In the data item dictionary common operation for performing a process that depends on the physical structure of the data item dictionary, by starting a conversion process to a specified programming language, from an operation screen depending on a certain programming language,
A multilingual data item information processing method characterized by dynamically changing to an operation screen depending on another programming language.