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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
Peter Coad, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dietrich Charisius, Stuttgart, DE;
Alexander Aptus, Esslingen, DE;
Borland Software Corporation, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide an improved software development tool that simplifies a graphical representation of software code for a developer. The software development tool provides the developer with a more coherent, manageable, and abstract graphical view of the project model, and facilitates the developer in graphically debugging and editing the associated software code. The improved software development tool detects a group of related elements in the code, and collapses a portion of the graphical representation of the code associated with the group of related elements.