Patent ID: 6343332
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A communication link information generating device for generating communication link information for a three-tier client/server system comprising a client application, a gateway application, and a server application on a general-purpose computer, said device comprising:input means for reading an application definition set in which interface information of the individual applications and communication information are defined; analyzing means for analyzing the read application definition set; interface definition language source creating means for creating, based on the application definition set, an interface definition language source defining interface information for communication between the client application and the gateway application in an object-oriented environment; source code generating means for generating, based on the application definition set, a source code of the gateway application including communication information for communication with the general-purpose computer in a nonobject-oriented environment; and interface information file generating means for generating, based on the application definition set, an interface information file necessary for the server application to communication with the gateway application in a nonobject-oriented environment.