CA2201254A1 - A system for automated interface generation for computer programs operating in different environments - Google Patents

A system for automated interface generation for computer programs operating in different environments

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CA2201254A1
CA2201254A1 CA002201254A CA2201254A CA2201254A1 CA 2201254 A1 CA2201254 A1 CA 2201254A1 CA 002201254 A CA002201254 A CA 002201254A CA 2201254 A CA2201254 A CA 2201254A CA 2201254 A1 CA2201254 A1 CA 2201254A1
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John Wright Stephenson
Sharon Frances Lymer
Michael Starkey
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/46—Multiprogramming arrangements
    • G06F9/54—Interprogram communication
    • G06F9/541—Interprogram communication via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F8/00—Arrangements for software engineering
    • G06F8/30—Creation or generation of source code
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S707/00—Data processing: database and file management or data structures
    • Y10S707/99931—Database or file accessing
    • Y10S707/99933—Query processing, i.e. searching
    • Y10S707/99934—Query formulation, input preparation, or translation

Abstract

A system for automated interface generation for computer programs operating in different environments. The system comprises a utility which imports a CICS COBOL transaction source file, parses the communication area of the CICS file, and generates modelling information. The modelling information represents the nature and structure of data in the CICS
transaction source file, and is written to a persistent data store. The utility uses the information in the persistent data store to generate an application programming interface. The application programming interface takes the data values from the other language and translates them to a formatted CICS COBOL
communications area. This format is derived from the definition of the CICS communications area contained in the imported CICS
program. After the translation runs, the resulting CICS COBOL
communications area is translated back to the data values of the other language. This translation step also handles the data conversion between different codepages and machine architectures and program semantics. The resulting language values represent the result of the transaction. The CICS transaction is accessed using the CICS External Call Interface mechanism.
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