Systems, methods and computer program products for building frameworks in an object oriented environment

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Systems, methods and computer program products enable framework building by interactively generating a framework corresponding to a design and editing the interactively generated framework to obtain a completed framework. The framework is displayed in various stages of construction or modification using a number of different views including a tree view a, graph view, a method view and an edit view. In addition parts of the framework are identified as requiring completion, as completed, and as permitting completion. Still further user methods and, framework methods are differentiated. Help guided actions are provided and may be invoked to assist in the development process. Once the framework …