JPH11175328A - Execution controller for program module - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the execution controller of a program module capable of reducing influence on a software accompanying the change of the input/output specifications of the program module and suppressing the increase of development man-hour. SOLUTION: This controller is provided with the plural program modules PM1-PMn provided with individual input/output specifications for executing a prescribed processing operation, an input/output information input means (a) for setting information relating to the input/output specifications of the respective program modules, an input/output information conversion means (b) for converting an inputted program so as to be matched with the input/ output specifications of the program module of a controlled system based on input/output information, an execution control information input means (c) for setting the information for controlling the respective operation processings of the program modules and an execution control means (d) for inputting the converted program to the respective program modules and executing the processing operations in a prescribed order based on execution control information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program module execution control device, and more particularly to a program module execution control device provided with an execution control method when input / output specifications of a plurality of program modules are different.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of information processing systems,
There is an increasing demand for higher speed and higher functionality of software for executing desired processing operations. In order to respond to such a demand, a method is employed in which a plurality of program modules for executing desired processing operations are provided, and the execution of each program module is controlled by a control program in software.

Generally, in software having a program module, a control process relating to the program module is described directly as a control program on the software. At this time, it is necessary to create and describe a control program on software according to the input / output specifications of the program module to be controlled.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional program module execution control method, when there are a plurality of program modules or the input / output specifications of the program modules are changed during the software development stage. In such a case, there is a problem that a control program must be created and corrected according to each input / output specification.

[0005] For this reason, for a series of software including a control program, the work of correcting the description and the verification of input / output specifications become complicated, and there is a problem that the number of software development steps increases. Thus, the present invention provides a program module execution control device that solves the above problems, reduces the influence on software due to changes in the input / output specifications of the program module, and can suppress an increase in the number of development steps. The purpose is to:

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program module execution control apparatus comprising a plurality of programs each having a specific input / output specification and executing a predetermined processing operation. A module, input / output information input means for setting input / output information relating to the input / output specifications of each of the plurality of program modules, and a processing operation executed by each of the plurality of program modules based on the input / output information Information conversion means for converting a program related to the input / output specifications of each of the plurality of program modules, and execution control for setting execution control information regarding an execution order of processing operations of each of the plurality of program modules Information input means, and the program converted by the input / output information conversion means based on the execution control information. The ram is characterized by having an execution control unit is input to each of the plurality of program modules to execute the processing operation in a predetermined order.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the program module execution control device according to the first aspect, the execution control means selects only a predetermined program module based on the execution control information, and It is characterized in that a processing operation is executed and a result of the processing operation by the program module is output. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the execution control device for a program module according to the first aspect, the execution control means controls the plurality of program modules in a predetermined order based on the execution control information. When executing the processing operation, the processing result of each of the plurality of program modules is sequentially input to the next-stage program module together with the converted program to execute the processing operation. It is characterized by outputting the result of a series of processing operations.

Further, the invention described in claim 4 is the invention according to claim 1.
In the execution control device of the program module described in the above,
An output file generation unit configured to generate a result of a processing operation by the plurality of program modules as an output file, wherein the execution control unit executes the plurality of program modules in a predetermined order based on the execution control information. When executing the processing operation, the processing results of each of the plurality of program modules are sequentially input to the next-stage program module together with the converted program in the form of the output file to execute the processing operation. And outputting a result of a series of processing operations by the plurality of program modules.

According to the program module execution control device of the present invention, the input / output information conversion means executes each program based on the input / output information set by the input / output information input means. The program input to the module is converted into a format corresponding to the input / output specification of each program module, and the execution control means is executed in a predetermined order based on the execution control information set by the execution control information input means. The converted program is input to the program module to execute the processing operation.

In this way, the program format is matched to the input / output specifications of each program module, and the processing operations of the program modules are executed in a predetermined order. Therefore, even if the input / output specifications of the program module are changed in the software development stage, the input / output information corresponding to the changed input / output specifications is set by the input / output information input means, and the input / output information is input to the program module. Program that conforms to the desired input / output specifications, eliminating the need to modify the software itself, including the program that controls the processing operations of the program modules, and suppressing an increase in software development man-hours in a short period of time. Software development can be realized.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, the basic concept of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1, an execution control device for a program module includes a plurality of program modules PM1 to PMn, input / output information input means a, input / output information conversion means b, execution control information input means c, and execution control means d. , Is configured.

A plurality of program modules PM1 to PM
n is composed of, for example, n program modules,
Each has a specific input / output specification, and executes a predetermined processing operation based on a control program included in software. In the input / output information input means a, input / output information relating to input / output specifications of each of the plurality of program modules PM1 to PMn is set, and input to the input / output information conversion means b described later.

The input / output information conversion means b converts the program input to the program modules PM1 to PMn based on the input / output information set by the input / output information input means a, into the program modules PM1 to PM
n so as to match the input / output specifications. The execution control information input means c sets execution control information for controlling operation processing of each of the plurality of program modules PM1 to PMn. The execution control information determines the execution order of the processing operations among the program modules PM1 to PMn.

The execution control means d inputs the converted program to each of the program modules PM1 to PMn based on the execution control information set by the execution control information input means c, and executes the processing operations in a predetermined order. Then, the processing results of the program modules PM1 to PMn or the processing results of the series of program modules PM1 to PMn are output.

In such a configuration, the input / output information conversion means b controls the input program based on the input / output information of each of the program modules PM1 to PMn set by the input / output information input means a. The conversion is performed so as to match the input / output specifications of the program modules PM1 to PMn. Further, the execution control means d executes each program module P set by the execution control information input means c.
The program modules PM1 to PMn are executed in a predetermined order based on the execution control information of M1 to PMn.

Therefore, even when the input / output specifications and the execution order of the program modules are changed in the software development stage, it is not necessary to modify the description of the control program on the software. By simply changing the input / output specifications, the input program can be made to match any input / output specification and the program modules PM1 to PMn can be executed in any order. A control program on software can be described without consideration.

[0017]

Next, a first embodiment of a program module execution control device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which the program module execution control device of the present invention is applied to a c compiler driver. In FIG. 2, a c compiler driver 10 includes an input / output information conversion unit 11
And an execution control unit 15 constituting the execution control means d.

The input / output information conversion unit 11 converts input information such as input / output files and startup options into a preprocessor 1
2a, a compiler 12b, an assembler 12c, and a linker 12d, based on respective input / output information, a preprocessor 20a, a compiler 20b, and an assembler 20 described later.
c, Convert to a format that matches the input / output specifications of each program module of the linker 20d.

The execution control unit 15 includes an input / output information conversion unit 11
The input information of the preprocessor 13a, the compiler 13b, the assembler 13c, and the linker 13d, which have been converted by the above, are input to the preprocessor 14a and the compiler 14 respectively.
b, the preprocessor 20a in a predetermined order based on the execution control information of the assembler 14c and the linker 14d.
Input is made to each program module of the compiler 20b, the assembler 20c, and the linker 20d to execute the processing operation.

Preprocessor 20a, compiler 20
b, each of the assembler 20c and the linker 20d executes a predetermined processing operation based on the input information output from the execution control unit 15, and outputs the processing result via the execution control unit 15 to the c compiler driver. Output to the outside. Here, the input / output information input means for taking in the input / output information 12a to 12d input from outside the c compiler driver may be provided in the input / output information conversion unit 11, or may be provided in the input / output information conversion unit 11. A different configuration may be provided in the c compiler driver. Also, c
An execution control information input unit that captures each of the execution control information 14a to 14d input from outside the compiler driver,
It may be provided in the execution control unit 15, or may be provided in the c compiler driver in a configuration different from that of the execution control unit 15.

In such a configuration, the input information to each of the program modules 20a to 20d matches the input / output specifications of each of the program modules 20a to 20d in the input / output information conversion unit 11 based on the input / output information 12a to 12d. Then, in the execution control section 15, the program is input to each of the program modules 20a to 20d based on the execution control information 14a to 14d, and the processing operation is executed in a predetermined order.

Next, the execution control unit 1 shown in the first embodiment
5 will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, about the structure equivalent to FIG. 2, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted. In FIG. 3, the execution control unit 15 includes a preprocessor 14a, a compiler 14b, an assembler 14c,
Based on the execution control information of the linker 14d, the preprocessor 13a, the compiler 13b, and the assembler 1
3c and the input information of the linker 13d are selectively input to the respective program modules of the preprocessor 20a, the compiler 20b, the assembler 20c, and the linker 20d to execute the processing operation.

For example, when a series of processing operations by the preprocessor 20a and the compiler 20b are executed, by setting the execution control information 14a and 14b for the preprocessor and the compiler among the execution control information,
Preprocessor input information 13 via execution control unit 15
a is input to the preprocessor 20a to execute the processing operation, and then the processing result by the preprocessor 20a is input to the compiler 20b together with the compiler input information 13b to execute the processing operation. Then, the preprocessor 20a and the compiler 20b thus obtained
Are output to the outside of the c compiler driver.

When the processing operation of the assembler 20c alone is executed, the assembler input control information 14c is set via the execution control unit 15 by setting the assembler execution control information 14c in the execution control information. The processing is executed by being input to the assembler 20c, and the processing result is output to the outside of the c compiler driver. As described above, by switching the output path and the transmission path of the processing result from each program module in accordance with the method of setting the execution control information in the execution control unit 15, it is possible to selectively perform the operation of an arbitrary program module. Can be.

Next, the execution control processing of the program module by the execution control unit 15 of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, about the structure equivalent to FIG. 2, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted. In FIG. 4, the execution control unit 15 includes a preprocessor 14a,
14b for compiler, 14c for assembler, 1 for linker
4d based on each execution control information,
The input information of 3a, the compiler 13b, the assembler 13c, and the linker 13d is input to each of the program modules of the preprocessor 20a, the compiler 20b, the assembler 20c, and the linker 20d, and the processing operation is performed in a predetermined order.

That is, when a series of processing operations by each of the program modules of the preprocessor 20a, the compiler 20b, the assembler 20c, and the linker 20d are executed, first, the execution control unit 15 Preprocessor input information 13a
Is input to the preprocessor 20a to execute the processing operation, and then the processing result by the preprocessor 20a is input to the compiler 20b together with the compiler input information 13b to execute the processing operation. Then compiler 20
b is input to the assembler 20c together with the assembler input information 13c, and the processing operation is executed.
Processing result by assembler 20c is input information 1 for linker
The processing operation is executed by being input to the linker 20d together with 3d. Then, the processing results obtained by the series of program modules thus obtained are output to the outside of the c compiler driver.

As described above, according to the method of setting the execution control information in the execution control section 15, the processing results from each program module are sequentially input to the next program module, and a series of processing operations are executed. Next, execution control processing of a program module by the execution control unit 15 of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Note that FIG.
The same components as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 5, the execution control unit 15 determines the execution control information based on the execution control information of the preprocessor 14a, the compiler 14b, the assembler 14c, and the linker 14d.
The input information of the preprocessor 13a, the compiler 13b, the assembler 13c, and the linker 13d is input to the preprocessor 20a, the compiler 20b, and the assembler 20.
c) Input to each program module of the linker 20d to execute processing operations in a predetermined order.

Here, the feature of this embodiment is that, as shown in the second embodiment, the processing result of each program module is transferred to the execution control unit 15, and the next-stage program information is transmitted together with the input information of the next stage. Instead of inputting to a module, a preprocessor 20a, a compiler 20b, an assembler 20
c) each of the program modules has a function of outputting the processing result in a file format. The output file is input to the next-stage program module together with the input information, and a series of processing operations are executed. Output outside the compiler driver.

That is, each program module of the preprocessor 20a, the compiler 20b, and the assembler 20c constitutes an output file generating means for generating a processing result of each program module in an output file format. As described above, according to the method of setting the execution control information in the execution control unit 15, the processing results of each program module are sequentially input to the next-stage program module in the form of an output file, and a series of processing operations are executed. .

In each of the embodiments described above, an example in which the present invention is applied to the c compiler driver has been described.
The compiler driver is merely an example, and it goes without saying that the compiler driver can be suitably applied to other software as long as it controls a plurality of program modules having different input / output specifications.

[0032]

As described above, claims 1, 2, 3
Also, according to the program module execution control device described in 4, even when the input / output specifications of the program module are changed in the software development stage, the input / output information input means corresponds to the changed input / output specifications. By setting the output information, the program input to the program module can be made to conform to the desired input / output specifications. Therefore, it is not necessary to modify the software itself, including the program that controls the processing operation of the program module. Software development in a short period of time can be realized by suppressing an increase in the number of development steps.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic concept of a program module execution control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of a program module execution control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an execution control process of an execution control unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an execution control process of an execution control unit according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an execution control process of an execution control unit according to a third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a input / output information input means b input / output information conversion means c execution control information input means d execution control means 10 c compiler driver 11 input / output information conversion units 12a to 12d input / output information 13a to 13d input information 14a to 14d execution control information 15 Execution control unit 20a-20d Program module 21a-21c Output file

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of program modules having individual input / output specifications and executing a predetermined processing operation, and input / output information input for setting input / output information on the input / output specifications of each of the plurality of program modules. Means for converting a program relating to a processing operation executed in each of the plurality of program modules based on the input / output information in accordance with input / output specifications of each of the plurality of program modules. Execution control information input means for setting execution control information relating to the execution order of the processing operations of each of the plurality of program modules; and executing the program converted by the input / output information conversion means based on the execution control information. Executing the processing operations in a predetermined order by inputting to each of the plurality of program modules. An execution control device for a program module, comprising: a line control unit. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the execution control means selects only a predetermined program module based on the execution control information, causes the processing operation to be executed, and outputs a result of the processing operation by the program module. The execution control device for a program module according to claim 1. 3. The processing result of each of the plurality of program modules when executing each of the plurality of program modules in a predetermined order based on the execution control information. 2. The program module of claim 1, further comprising: inputting a plurality of program modules together with the converted program to the next-stage program module to execute the processing operation, and outputting a result of a series of processing operations by the plurality of program modules. Execution control device for program modules. 4. An output file generating means for generating, as an output file, a result of a processing operation by the plurality of program modules, wherein the execution control means executes each of the plurality of program modules based on the execution control information. When executing the processing operation in a predetermined order, together with the converted program in the form of the output file, the processing results of each of the plurality of program modules are sequentially input to the next-stage program module, and 2. The program module execution control device according to claim 1, wherein a processing operation is executed, and a result of a series of processing operations by said plurality of program modules is output.