Code generator tool for building software applications with reusable components
A method and computer program product for building a multiple layer object-oriented software application with reusable components. The method includes creating business classes containing a business logic for the software application, wherein the business classes are organized into hierarchies identified as namespaces, and then generating executable programming code for the software application. From there, the method may include placing the executable programming code into an at least one assembly structure for an associated layer, wherein a security token is required to access the business classes, and wherein the business classes are created to validate each security token passed by a user interface.
1. A method, comprising:
generating executable programming code for a software application; and
entering a designed business class into a code generator tool configured to read multiple template solutions from a template solution file, wherein the code generator tool supports the multiple template solutions, and wherein the code generator tool makes intelligent string replacements and generates an application solution based on the designed business class and the template solution file; and
wherein different base classes are used for different layers, and only a business logic layer, a serializable data layer, and a data access layer included in the multiple template solutions are modified based on the designed business class, and wherein the multiple template solutions further include a user interface layer not modified by the designed business class and a remote hosting layer not modified by the designed business class.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a plurality of templates, wherein each template of the plurality of templates comprises a plurality of reusable components;
storing the plurality of templates in a template solution file; and
selecting at least one template from the plurality of templates in the template solution file.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the different layers comprise one of the serializable data layer, the data access layer, the business logic layer, and the user interface layer.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the data access layer comprises an interface into the serializable data layer having generic methods and specific methods for a plurality of data access classes to handle all data input and data output for the software application.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the executable programming code for each layer of the different layers is placed into an assembly data structure.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the business logic layer comprises business objects and rules and data manipulation and transformation logic.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface layer comprises an end user interface in the software application.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a business logic assembly and a data access assembly include secure logic for the software application.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a plurality of methods in each of the business logic assembly and the data access assembly require a security token to be passed to each respective assembly in order to access the plurality of methods.
10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, are configured to cause the processor to:
generate executable programming code for a software application; and
enter a designed business class into a code generator tool configured to read multiple template solutions from a template solution file, wherein the code generator tool supports the multiple template solutions, and wherein the code generator tool makes intelligent string replacements and generates an application solution based on the designed business class and the template solution file; and
wherein different base classes are used for different layers, and only a business logic layer, a serializable data layer, and a data access layer included in the multiple template solutions are modified based on the designed business class, and wherein the multiple template solutions further include a user interface layer not modified by the designed business class and a remote hosting layer not modified by the designed business class.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to:
enable a remote host to interact on the processor via deployment of a user interface assembly, a business logic assembly, a serializable data assembly, and a utility assembly;
generate a plurality of templates, wherein each template of the plurality of templates comprises a plurality of reusable components;
store the plurality of templates in a template solution file; and
select at least one template from the plurality of templates in the template solution file.
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the business logic assembly and a data access assembly comprise program instructions that provide secure logic for the software application.
13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein a plurality of methods in each of the business logic assembly and the data access assembly require a security token to be passed to each respective assembly in order to access the plurality of methods.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the program instructions in a user interface assembly pass a user token to the business logic assembly.
15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the different layers comprise one of the serializable data layer, the data access layer, the business logic layer, and the user interface layer.
16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the different layers comprise one of the serializable data layer and the remote hosting layer.
17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the executable programming code for each layer of the different layers is placed into an assembly data structure.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the business logic layer comprises program instructions that define business objects and rules and data manipulation and transformation for a plurality of business logic classes.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the user interface layer comprises program instructions that generate an end user interface in the software application.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the data access layer comprises program instructions that generate an interface into the serializable data layer and define generic methods and specific methods for a plurality of data access classes to handle all data input and data output for the software application.