Methods and systems for accessing distributed computing components through the internet
View Patent ↗Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide an improved software development tool that can be tested via a webpage. The tool has access to a distributed computing component and, in response to an indication to deploy the distributed computing component, generates a web page. In some embodiments the web page contains a diagrammatic graphical representation of the distributed computing component.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
a computer receiving a request to generate an Enterprise JavaBean (EJB);
in response to the request, the computer automatically generating source code of at least one method corresponding to the EJB;
the computer displaying a graphical representation of the EJB wherein methods having a method type are displayed adjacent to each other with a symbol representing the method type and are displayed in a separately bordered area from methods having a different method type;
and the computer displaying the symbol indicating the type of the at least one method with a graphical representation of a signature of the at least one method.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer automatically generating source code comprises:
the computer generating source code corresponding to an implementation class;
the computer generating source code corresponding to a home interface that is related to the implementation class; and
the computer generating source code corresponding to a remote interface that is related to the implementation class.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:
the source code corresponding to the implementation class contains the at least one method; and
the source code corresponding to the home interface contains a signature of the at least one method.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the EJB is one of an EntityBean and a SessionBean.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising the computer receiving a request to generate at least one method for the one of the EntityBean and the SessionBean from one of a plurality of templates.
6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising displaying a graphical representation of the source code corresponding to the implementation class that includes a first separately bordered display area for displaying methods having a create method type from methods lacking the create method type, a second separately bordered display area for displaying methods having a finder method type from methods lacking the finder method type, and a third separately bordered display area for displaying methods having a business method type from methods lacking the business method type.
7. The method of claim 2 , further comprising displaying a graphical representation of the source code corresponding to the home interface that includes a separately bordered display area for displaying methods having a create method type from methods lacking the create method type and a separately bordered display area for displaying methods having a finder method type from methods lacking the finder method type.
8. The method of claim 2 , further comprising displaying a graphical representation of source code corresponding to the remote interface that includes a separately bordered display area for displaying methods having a business method type from methods lacking the business method type.
9. A computer readable non-transitory medium containing instructions for controlling a data processing system to perform a method comprising:
receiving a request for a computer to generate an Enterprise JavaBean (EJB);
the computer automatically generating source code of at least one method corresponding to the EJB;
displaying a graphical representation of the EJB wherein methods having a method type are displayed adjacent to each other with a symbol representing the method type and are displayed in a separately bordered area from methods having a different method type;
and displaying the symbol indicating the type of the at least one method with a graphical representation of a signature of the at least one method.
10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein generating source code further comprises:
the computer generating source code corresponding to an implementation class;
the computer generating source code corresponding to a home interface that is related to the implementation class; and
the computer generating source code corresponding to a remote interface that is related to the implementation class.
11. The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein:
the source code corresponding to the implementation class contains the at least one method; and
the source code corresponding to the home interface contains a signature of the at least one method.
12. The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein:
the source code corresponding to the implementation class contains the at least one method; and
the source code corresponding to the remote interface contains a signature of the at least one method.
13. The computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the computer receiving the request further comprises receiving a request for generating methods for one of an EntityBean and a SessionBean.
14. The computer readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising displaying a graphical representation of the source code corresponding to the implementation class that includes a first separately bordered display area for displaying methods having a create method type from methods lacking the create method type, a second separately bordered display area for displaying methods having a finder method type from methods lacking the finder method type, and a third separately bordered display area for displaying methods having a business method type from methods lacking the business method type.
15. The computer readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising displaying a graphical representation of the source code corresponding to the home interface that includes a separately bordered display area for displaying methods having a create method type from methods lacking the create method type and a separately bordered display area for displaying method having a finder method type from methods lacking the finder method type.
16. The computer readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising displaying a graphical representation of the source code corresponding to the remote interface that includes a separately bordered display area for displaying methods having a business method type from methods lacking the business method type.
17. The computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the Enterprise JavaBean™ is one of an EntityBean and a SessionBean.
18. A computer-implemented method comprising:
a computer receiving a request to generate one of an EntityBean and a Session Bean;
in response to the request, the computer automatically generating source code of one or more methods corresponding to the one of the EntityBean and the Session Bean;
the computer displaying a graphical representation of the one of the EntityBean and the SessionBean wherein methods having a method type are displayed adjacent to each other with a symbol representing the method type and are displayed in a separately bordered area from the methods having a different method type;
and the computer displaying the symbol indicating the type of the at least one method with a graphical representation of a signature of the at least one method.