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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 21, 2008
Jian Wang, Beijing, CN;
Jun Zhu, Beijing, CA;
Sheng YE, Beijing, CN;
Jing LI, Beijing, CN;
Hai Oi Liang, ShangDi Beijing, CN;
Ying Liu, Beijing, CN;
Ying Nan Zuo, Beijing, CA;
Jian Wang, Beijing, CN;
Jun Zhu, Beijing, CA;
Sheng Ye, Beijing, CN;
Jing Li, Beijing, CN;
Hai Oi Liang, ShangDi Beijing, CN;
Ying Liu, Beijing, CN;
Ying Nan Zuo, Beijing, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provides methods for transforming a flowchart to an equivalent tree diagram, methods for transforming an equivalent tree diagram to a flowchart, methods for verifying reorganization of a flowchart, methods for editing a flowchart, methods for creating a flowchart and a flowchart editor. A flowchart includes one or more logic structures and one or more processing activities in said one or more logic structures. The method for transforming a flowchart to an equivalent tree diagram comprises: traversing said flowchart; transforming said one or more logic structures in said flowchart to one or more branching nodes in said tree diagram; and transforming one or more processing activities in said logic structures of said flowchart to one or more leaf nodes below corresponding branching nodes in said tree diagram. Further, edition of a flowchart and verification of reorganization of a flowchart are performed by utilizing an equivalent tree diagram.