Patent ID: 6473896
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method using a computer for generating user-defined rules to be used for checking the quality of a computer programming language including nodes and properties, said method being responsive to user interaction in a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising the steps of:selecting a programming language for which the quality is to be checked from a first menu displayed in the GUI; responsive to the programming language selection, displaying a second menu in the GUI including a plurality of nodes related to the selected programming language; selecting a node from the plurality of nodes for building a rule for checking the quality of the selected programming language; displaying, in the GUI, the selected node in a form of a graphical object; responsive to the selected node, displaying in the GUI a third menu including a plurality of properties for the selected node and related to the selected programming language; selecting a property from the plurality of displayed properties; displaying, in the GUI, the selected property in a form of a graphical attribute connected to the selected node; storing the graphical object, the graphical attribute and their relation as a rule for checking the quality of the selected programming language; and executing the stored rule to check for violation of the stored rule by the selected programming language.