Method, system, computer program product, and article of manufacture for construction of a computer application interface for consumption by a connector builder

An interface of an application program is identified by parsing the source code of the application program to identify meta information, and the meta information and a link pointing to an original location of the meta information within the application program are stored in a repository. A user may...

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Main Authors Costigan, Jr, Peter D, England, Laurence E, Rhyne, II, James R
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 05.07.2005
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Summary:An interface of an application program is identified by parsing the source code of the application program to identify meta information, and the meta information and a link pointing to an original location of the meta information within the application program are stored in a repository. A user may then be allowed to query the repository to determine which source files and which interfaces comprise the application program. Responsive to the query, a new source file is constructed which contains the interfaces comprising the application program. The new source file and a link pointing to a location of the new source file are also stored in the repository. A meta language document is constructed which contains a description of the application program interfaces to enable a a connector building tool to build an interface to the application program.