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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1998
Keiji Fujii, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Kanegae, Yokohama, JP;
Shigetoshi Hayashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Masanori Yamada, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Nagao, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuaki Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyoshi Takahara, Yokohama, JP;
Matsuki Yoshino, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a method for supporting the design of a plurality of programs distributed on a network and operated through the communication between the programs, each program is defined, a relation between programs is defined, interface information of each program is defined, and the interface defined for each program is converted into an interface definition language (IDL) format to generate an IDL file. The definition of each program and the definition of the relation between programs are performed by providing a graphic display screen to which a program represented by a symbol and a relation between programs represented by an arrow are inputted as definition information by a user. The definition of interface information is performed by inputting information defined by the user in an interactive manner.