Domain specific language modeling framework in a development environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016274872-A1
Application number	US-201514798687-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 14, 2015
Priority date	Mar 16, 2015
Publication date	Sep 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A computing system comprises, in one example, a user interface component and a domain specific language (DSL) type generation system configured to control the user interface component to display type generation user input mechanisms, detect user actuation of the type generation user input mechanisms, and, in response to the detected user actuation, generate a set of DSL types and relations between types in the set, and wherein the domain specific language type generation system is configured to output the set of DSL types and relations for use in a use environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computing system comprising:
a user interface component; and a domain specific language (DSL) type generation system configured to control the user interface component to display type generation user input mechanisms, detect user actuation of the type generation user input mechanisms, and, in response to the detected user actuation, generate a set of DSL types and relations between types in the set, and wherein the domain specific language type generation system is configured to output the set of DSL types and relations for use in a use environment.

2 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the DSL type generation system comprises an application type generation component configured to generate DSL-modeled application types.

3 . The computing system of claim 2 , wherein the DSL-modeled application types define elements of a customized system.

4 . The computing system of claim 3 , wherein the use environment comprises a runtime engine configured to access the DSL-modeled application types to run applications of the customized system.

5 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the DSL type generation system comprises a difference generation type generation component configured to generate DSL-modeled difference generation types.

6 . The computing system of claim 5 , wherein the DSL-modeled difference generation types are configured to generate differences between application types.

7 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the DSL type generation system comprises a development tool type generation component configured to generate DSL-modeled development tool types.

8 . The computing system of claim 7 , wherein the development tool type generation component comprises a behavior authoring type generation component configured to generate behavior authoring types, and a property authoring type generation component configured to generate property authoring types.

9 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the DSL type generation system comprises a cross reference type generation component configured to generate DSL-modeled cross reference generation types.

10 . The computing system of claim 9 , wherein the cross reference generation types include a set of types that are configured to generate and navigate references between application types and/or metadata instances.

11 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the DSL type generation system comprises an application validation type generation component configured to generate DSL-modeled application validation types.

12 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the DSL type generation system comprises a search type generation component configured to generate DSL-modeled search types for searching computing system elements.

13 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
generating a type generation user interface display with user input mechanisms; detecting user actuation of the user input mechanisms; in response to the detected user actuation, generating a set of domain specific language (DSL) types and relations between types in the set; and outputting the set of DSL types and relations for use in a use environment.

14 . The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein generating the set of DSL types comprises generating DSL-modeled application types.

15 . The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein generating the set of DSL types comprises generating DSL-modeled difference generation types.

16 . The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein generating the set of DSL types comprises generating DSL-modeled development tool types.

17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein generating the set of DSL types comprises generating DSL-modeled cross reference generation types.

18 . The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein outputting the set of DSL types comprises outputting the set of DSL types to a runtime engine.

19 . A computing system comprising:
a user interface component; and a domain specific language (DSL) type generation system configured to control the user interface component to display application type generation user input mechanisms, detect user actuation of the application type generation user input mechanisms, and, in response to the detected user actuation, generate a set of DSL-modeled application types and relations between types in the set that define application elements of a customized system; wherein the DSL type generation system is configured to output the set of DSL-modeled application types and relations to a runtime engine to run the application elements.

20 . The computing system of claim 19 , wherein the DSL type generation system comprises at least one of a difference generation type generation component configured to generate DSL-modeled difference generation types, a development tool type generation component configured to generate DSL-modeled development tool types, a cross reference type generation component configured to generate DSL-modeled cross reference generation types, an application validation type generation component configured to generate DSL-modeled application validation types, or a search type generation component configured to generate DSL-modeled search types for searching computing system elements.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Narayanan Suriya
• Shah Nitinkumar
• Yu Liang
• Hansen Jakob Steen
• Beck Ian
• Kaminski Tomasz

Classifications

• G06F8/31

  Programming languages or programming paradigms · CPC title

• G06F8/20

  Software design · CPC title

• G06F8/35 Primary

  model driven · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title