Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Modeling
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-19
2010-12-07
Vu, Tuan Anh (Department: 2193)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Modeling
Reexamination Certificate
active
07849439
ABSTRACT:
An application-generic sequence diagram generator is driven by a non-proprietary language. According to one embodiment, a source file describes, in a non-proprietary language, a flow (e.g., a message exchange) of an application. An automatic sequence diagram generator is operable to receive as input the source file, and generate, based on such source file, a sequence diagram representing the flow described by the source file. In an exemplary embodiment, the non-proprietary language is a markup language, such as Extensible Markup Language (XML). The sequence diagram generator is general purpose (or “application-generic”), as it can generate a sequence diagram representing the flow of any application described in the source file. The application for which the source file describes the flow may be any type of application, including without limitation a computer-executable software application, a communication protocol, or any message exchange between actors.
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