Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Translation of code
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-19
2001-07-31
Powell, Mark (Department: 2122)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Translation of code
C717S152000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06269476
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In general, the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a recording medium. More particularly, the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a recording medium that allow, for example, a plurality of objects used as elements for constructing an application program or multimedia contents and other data utilized in an application program to be acquired and linked to each other in order to build or construct the application program or the multimedia contents and the other data even if these objects are distributed among information, build sites.
In the field of object-oriented technology, component-software technology has come to draw increasingly attention in recent years. The component-software technology is a technique or a technology of building or constructing an application program or multimedia contents and other data used in an application program by linking a plurality of components.
By the way, a plurality of objects used as elements for constructing an application program built by using the component-software technology are presented in a form that allows a class for composing the application program to statically link reference relations of the objects.
In addition, a plurality of objects used as elements for constructing multimedia contents and information such as document data utilized by an application program are stored in a file to be presented to the user. In the file, the objects are serialized, so to speak, into a series of bytes.
Thus, if the objects are scattered throughout a network for example, it is difficult to collect only necessary objects, then to link them dynamically, that is, to construct reference relations among them, and finally to build an application program or multimedia contents or the like whenever necessary.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is thus an object of the present invention addressing the problem described above to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a recording medium that allow, for example, a plurality of objects used as elements for constructing an application program or multimedia contents and other data used in an application program to be acquired and dynamically linked to each other in order to build or construct the application program or the multimedia contents and the other data even if these objects are distributed among information, build sites.
An information processing apparatus for carrying out processing to construct desired software (that is, a desired application program, multimedia contents or other data) by acquiring a plurality of construction-element objects required for constructing the desired software and initializing the construction-element objects according to the present invention is characterized in that the information processing apparatus includes; build objects each owning a build method which is used for constructing reference relations among the construction-element objects by calling a field setting method if the construction-element objects each have the field setting method for setting a field of the construction-element object in order to initialize the construction-element object, and get objects which each own a get method for acquiring a construction-element object and are each capable of owning one of the build objects, wherein the get objects are each used for acquiring a construction-element object by using the get method of the get object, and the build object owned by the get object is used for initializing a construction-element object acquired by the get object by using the build method owned by the build object.
An information processing method adopted in an information processing apparatus for carrying out processing to construct desired software by acquiring a plurality of construction-element objects required for constructing the desired software and initializing the construction-element objects according to the present invention is characterized in that the information processing apparatus includes; build objects each owning a build method which is used for constructing reference relations among the construction-element objects by calling a field setting method if the construction-element objects each have the field setting method for setting a field of the construction-element object in order to initialize the construction-element object, and get objects which each own a get method for acquiring a construction-element object and are each capable of owning one of the build objects, wherein the get objects are each used for acquiring a construction-element object by using the get method of the get object, and the build object owned by the get object is used for initializing a construction-element object acquired by the get object by using the build method owned by the build object.
A recording medium for recording a computer program to be executed by a computer to carry out processing of constructing desired software by acquiring a plurality of construction-element objects required for constructing the desired software and initializing the construction-element objects according to the present invention is characterized in that the computer program includes; build objects each owning a build method which is used for constructing reference relations among the construction-element objects by calling a field setting method if the construction-element objects each have the field setting method for setting a field of the construction-element object in order to initialize the construction-element object, and get objects which each own a get method for acquiring a construction-element object and are each capable of owning one of the build objects, and the processing includes the steps of letting each of the get objects acquire a construction-element object by using the get method of the get object, and letting the build object owned by the get object initialize a construction-element object acquired by the get object by using the build method owned by the build object.
In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, build objects each owns a build method which is used for constructing reference relations among construction-element objects by calling a field setting method for setting a field of the construction-element object in order to initialize the construction element object, and get objects each own a get method for acquiring a construction-element object and are each capable of owning one of the build objects.
In this case, the get objects are each used for acquiring a construction-element object by using the get method of the get object, and the build object owned by the get object is used for initializing a construction-element object acquired by the get object by using the build method owned by the build object.
The information processing method according to the present invention includes the steps of letting each of the get objects acquire a construction-element object by using the get method of the get object, and letting the build object owned by the get object initialize a construction-element object acquired by the get object by using the build method owned by the build object.
The recording medium according to the present invention is used for recording a computer program to be executed by a computer to carry out processing of constructing desired software by acquiring a plurality of construction-element objects required for constructing the desired software and initializing the construction-element objects, wherein the computer program includes; build objects each owning a build method which is used for constructing reference relations among the construction-element objects by calling a field setting method if the construction-element objects each have the field setting method for setting a field of the construction-element object in order to initialize the construction-element object, and get objects which each own a get method for acquiring the cons
Mineyama Toru
Nanba Shinji
Powell Mark
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Sony Corporation
Zhen Wei
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