Patent ID: 6763516
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A convention checking apparatus checking whether or not a program conforms to conventions being standards when the program is developed, comprising:a convention storing unit to store program specification information to specify a convention checking program checking whether or not a developed program conforms to a convention, and customizing patterns, each of the customizing patterns including component specification information to specify a component that is displayed on a convention specifying screen to be used to input information required when changing the convention checking program and property specification information to specify numeric values or letters to be displayed in the component; a convention specifying screen generation unit to generate the convention specifying screen to display, when a respective customizing pattern is changed, the component and the numeric values or letters that are inputtable into the component according to a new customizing pattern; a customization instruction information storage unit to store, when a numeric value or a letter string is input using the convention specifying screen that is generated by said convention specifying screen generation unit in correspondence to a new convention, the input numeric value or input letter string as customization instruction information; and a controlling unit to execute the convention checking program based on the program specification information stored in said convention storing unit and the customization instruction information stored in said customization instruction information storage unit, and to check whether or not the developed program conforms to the convention.