METHOD FOR MANIPULATING DATA MODELS USED IN SOFTWARE GENIUS

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for manipulating data models for the transfer of models between a plurality of tools (Ta, Td, Tc, Td, ...) of software engineering and for the application to a model of rules transformation, the transformation of data models being realized by means of gateways (Ba, Bb, Bc, Bd, ...) making it possible to convert the format of a tool in the format of another tool while passing by a format Neutral and Single Intermediate (NIM). The present method is remarkable in that the development of the gateways is, according to a so-called object-oriented approach, carried out from an executed language, the gateways being executables allowing the transformation of a data model into several successively activated stages. , systematically or conditionally, thanks to a command language describing a logic of dynamic sequence of steps, the sequence being a parametric and named procedure. Each step is an executable whose code is developed from a set of reusable classes while the activation of a procedure requires to provide the name and parameters of the corresponding procedure.