Patent attributes
Program generating method and apparatus and generator program ensure high functional consistency, performance and program development efficiency by allowing program structuring components and linking constraints to be selectively determined on the basis of processing contents and performance requirements. The apparatus includes an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) processing scheme selecting unit (11) for inputting a desired processing scheme, a component providing unit (12) for acquiring from a predetermined storage (16) the information concerning utilizable structural components for generating a predetermined program on the basis of the inputted processing scheme, a control information definition unit (13) for displaying all or a part of the acquired information and inputting the information concerning the components for generating a predetermined program on the basis of the displayed information, and a program generating means (14) for generating the predetermined program on the basis of the inputted information concerning the components.