Title :
Combining the use of software tools to generate interfaces
Author :
Pascoe, Richard T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Otago Univ., Dunedin, New Zealand
Abstract :
Interfaces are software packages that are used alone or in conjunction with other interfaces to transfer data from one representation to another. Constructing such interfaces is a time consuming and often complex task primarily because of the diverse representation of data. The author describes his experiences of combining the use of software tools such as bison, flex, and rosy within a new tool a2b to generate interfaces from formal specifications of data transfers
Keywords :
application program interfaces; electronic data interchange; formal specification; software packages; software tools; a2b; application program interface; bison; data representation; data transfer; flex; formal specifications; interface generation tool; rosy; software packages; software tools; time consuming; Communication networks; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Data models; Information science; Information systems; Packaging; Physics computing; Software packages; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering: Education and Practice, 1996. Proceedings. International Conference
Conference_Location :
Dunedin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7379-6
DOI :
10.1109/SEEP.1996.534034
