Patent ID: 8924837
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a text file used to communicate between a computer application and a user, the method comprising the steps: describing a text format by using fragments of text from the text file for creating a plurality of templates, wherein each of the templates has literal fragments of the text file, and each of the templates includes substitution points; when the format of the text file changes, changing the templates; using macro classes to map data from the text file to the computer application; embedding in each of the templates a call to one of the macro classes; and using the templates as overlays to parse the text file into segments having data, or as a prototype to generate a segment of an output file; using an interaction of the templates and the macro classes to describe a flow of control to process the text file, including the steps of: the using said macro classes to map data from the test file to the computer application includes: