APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TOOL USING GRAPHIC OBJECTS TO BIND OBJECT SETS OF DIFFERENT DISTINCT DIVISIONS OF A DESIGN PATTERN

摘要

A code abstraction can be created within a software meta-development tool as a platform and programming language independent representation of a software application. The code abstraction can be comprised of action objects and data flow connectors. An action object can be a graphical placeholder representing software code that implements software behavior. Each action object can have an input and an output stream that are unconstrained by data type. A data flow connector can connect the output stream of one action object to the input stream of another sequentially-related action object. The data flow connector can graphically express a directional relationship and can define input data and transformation parameters. The data flow connector can implicitly represent the operations necessary to convert the input data in accordance with the transformation parameters. Authoring of the software code associated with the code abstraction by a user of the software meta-development tool can be unnecessary.