JP3714488B2 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and information processing method for searching for a resource and executing a program, and in particular, includes an interface for easily specifying an attribute when searching for a resource by the attribute of the resource. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method .
[0002]
[Prior art]
In an information processing apparatus such as a computer, various programs can be executed for data and peripheral devices. At that time, the target data and peripheral devices (hereinafter referred to as “execution target resource” or simply “resource”) may be fixed to the program, but the user can arbitrarily select the program and execution target. It is also common when resources can be combined.
[0003]
In execution of such a program, the resource to be executed by the program is often determined by the attribute of the resource. For example, if each resource has an attribute with the attribute name “owner” and you want to execute a program that “consolidates it in a certain memory space” for each file resource whose attribute value is “Suzuki” Etc. In such a case, it has been a common practice for a user to determine whether or not to target a program after examining the attributes of each resource and to apply the program to the target. It is.
[0004]
However, with this method, it takes time and effort to check the attributes of each resource. As a result, even if the target resources to which the program is applied are determined, it is necessary to apply the program to each of them. There is a problem that it takes time and effort.
[0005]
On the other hand, there is a program called “find” that operates on UNIX. This program specifies the “location where the resource exists”, “resource attribute condition”, and “other program”, so that it can be selected from a plurality of resources existing in the “location where the resource exists”. Those whose attributes satisfy the “resource attribute condition” are searched, and “other programs” are executed for each of these resources.
[0006]
For example, the following find program find / tmp-user akira-exec mv {} / usr / akira \;
In the usage example, “location where the resource exists” is “/ tmp”, “condition attribute of the resource” is “-user akira”, and “other program” is “-exec mv {} / usr / akira”. \; ”, And in this case, the find program applies a program mv to move files below the directory / usr / akira for files existing under the directory / tmp and whose owner attribute value is akira. .
[0007]
By using this program, the user is freed from the trouble of examining the attributes of each resource, selecting a resource, and applying the program to the selected resource.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in this “find” program, the user has to input attributes directly, and it takes time to specify a plurality of attributes, and it is easy to make an input error.
[0009]
An object of the present invention is to enable easy designation of attributes when searching for resources by resource attributes.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the present invention, a plurality of resources set with a plurality of attributes are set for resource holding means held together with attribute names and attribute values indicating the respective attributes, and resources held in the resource holding means a resource attribute table display means for displaying a resource attribute table in which a plurality of attribute name and cell indicating the attribute values of the 2-dimensional matrix that is, table resource attributes to be displayed on the resource attribute table display means Table structure holding means for holding the same table in a two-dimensional matrix, table cell selection means for designating a desired cell in the resource attribute table displayed by the resource attribute table display means, and the table Find the cell coordinates of the table held in the table structure holding means, corresponding to the cell selected by the cell selection means, and scan the table held in the table structure holding means using this coordinate, A pattern searching means for obtaining a pattern of attribute names and attribute values to be searched, the resource having an attribute name and attribute value the pattern searching means matches the pattern of attribute names and attribute values obtained from the resource holding means It comprises: a designated attribute holding resource searching means to be searched for; and a process applying means for applying a process to the resource selected by the specified attribute holding resource searching means.
[0011]
Further, the present invention holds a plurality of resources set with a plurality of attributes in a resource holding unit together with an attribute name and an attribute value indicating each attribute, and sets the resources held in the resource holding unit A resource attribute table in which cells indicating attribute names and attribute values of a plurality of attributes arranged in a two-dimensional matrix are displayed on the resource attribute table display means, and the resource attribute table displayed on the resource attribute table display means The same table is held in the table structure holding means in a two-dimensional matrix, and a desired cell in the resource attribute table displayed by the resource attribute table display means is designated by the table cell selecting means, and the table Find the cell coordinates of the table held in the table structure holding means, corresponding to the cell selected by the cell selection means, and scan the table held in the table structure holding means using this coordinate, Search The attribute name and attribute value pattern is obtained by the pattern search means, and a resource having the attribute name and attribute value that matches the attribute name and attribute value pattern obtained by the pattern search means is designated from the resource holding means. The processing application means searches the holding resource search means and applies the processing to the resource selected by the designated attribute holding resource search means.
[0012]
[Action]
According to the present invention, the pattern for designating the attribute value and attribute name of the resource is displayed on the resource attribute table display means, and the attribute value and attribute name to be searched by selecting a cell on the resource attribute table display means you can designate, simply yet with no typos, etc., it is possible to specify a process for the desired resource.
[0013]
【Example】
Hereinafter, the features of the present invention will be specifically described based on examples with reference to the drawings.
[0014]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the principle configuration of an embodiment of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
[0015]
The information processing apparatus according to this embodiment includes a resource holding unit 1, a resource attribute table display unit 2, a table cell selection unit 3, a pattern search unit 4, a specified attribute holding resource search unit 5, and a processing procedure specification unit 6. And processing application means 7.
[0016]
The resource holding means 1 holds a set of resources, and the resource attribute table display means 2 displays a table having a pattern indicating the resource attribute name and attribute value in the header cell. The pattern search means 4 has a table structure holding means 4a and a table header size holding means 4b inside. The table structure holding means 4a holds the same table displayed on the resource attribute table display means 2 in a two-dimensional matrix space in the format shown in FIG. 3, and the table header size holding means 4b The width of the row header and the height of the column header of the table held in the holding means 4a are held.
[0017]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing hardware for realizing each unit shown in the information processing apparatus shown in FIG.
[0018]
The storage means 11 is composed of a magnetic disk device, for example, and corresponds to the resource holding means 1 in FIG. The data input device 12 is composed of, for example, a keyboard and a mouse, and corresponds to the table cell selection means 3, the processing procedure designation means 6, and the like. The processor 13 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and corresponds to the pattern search unit 4, the designated attribute holding resource search unit 5, the process application unit 7, and the like. The display device 14 is composed of a CRT display, for example, and corresponds to the resource attribute table display means 2 and the like.
[0019]
Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus described above will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure when processing is applied to a resource. The steps in parentheses are the corresponding steps.
[0020]
Based on the display on the resource attribute table display means 2, the user selects the data cell of the table displayed on the resource attribute table display means 2 using the table cell selection means 3 (step 101).
[0021]
The pattern search means 4 obtains a set of pattern pairs that specify an attribute name and an attribute value by the following procedure.
[0022]
The position of the table cell held in the table structure holding unit 4a corresponding to the data cell selected by the table cell selection unit 3 is obtained, and its x coordinate is set to Px and the y coordinate is set to Py (step 102).
[0023]
The pattern retrieval means 4 scans each matrix of the matrix that constitutes the table held in the table structure holding means 4a, and checks whether the matrix satisfies any of the following three conditions (step 103). .
[0024]
x = Px and y = Py
x = Px and 1 <= y <= CHh
1 <= x <= RHw and y = Py
However, x and y are the x and y coordinates, and CHh and RHw are the column heading height and the row heading width held in the table heading size holding means 4b.
[0025]
A set consisting of the contents of the cell including the cell satisfying the above condition is set as a set of patterns for designating attribute names and attribute values to be obtained (step 104).
[0026]
The designated attribute holding resource search means 5 uses the attribute name and attribute value corresponding to the pattern for all the patterns that specify the attribute name and attribute value obtained by the pattern search means 4 from the resources held in the resource holding means 1. All the resources possessed are searched (step 105).
[0027]
The user designates a processing procedure to be applied to the resource by the processing procedure designating means 6 (step 106).
[0028]
The process applying unit 1 applies the processing procedure specified by the processing procedure specifying unit 6 to each resource searched by the designated attribute holding resource searching unit 5 (step 107).
[0029]
Hereinafter, an example of the operation of the system will be described. The steps in the flowchart are shown in parentheses.
[0030]
Here, the resource holding means 1 has resources 1 to 8 having attribute names and attribute values as shown in FIG. 5, and the resource attribute table display means 2 displays a table as shown in FIG. 3 is held in the table structure holding means 4a in FIG. 4, and the headline size is held in the table header size holding means 4b as shown in FIG.
[0031]
“Owner: Suzuki” and “Owner: Kimura” displayed in the resource attribute table display means 2 (see FIG. 6) are those whose attribute name is “ owner ” and attribute value is “Suzuki”, Patterns that match “Kimura”, “Content type: Document”, “Content type: Binary” match the attribute name “Content type”, the attribute value “Document”, and “Binary”, respectively. Suppose that In the resource attribute table of FIG. 6, C1 is a header cell and C2 is a data cell.
[0032]
Here, for the resource whose attribute value is “Suzuki” for the attribute “owner” and the attribute value for the attribute “content type” is “document”, the user creates a “copy and holds it in the resource holding means”. ”Is assumed to be performed.
[0033]
First, the user confirms the table (see FIG. 6) displayed on the resource attribute table display means 2, and designates the cell 1 on the resource attribute table display means 2 using the table cell selection means 3 (step 101). . The pattern search means 4 obtains the position of the table held in the table structure holding means 4a corresponding to the cell selected by the user (step 102). In this example, the cell position is ( 2,2 ).
[0034]
Next, the pattern search means 4 scans each matrix (x, y) of the matrix (see FIG. 3) constituting the table held in the table structure holding means 4a, and any one of the three conditions is scanned. Is checked (step 103). Here, the height of the column header held in the table header size holding means 4b (see FIG. 7) is 1 and the width of the row header is 1, so the conditions are as follows.
[0035]
x = 2 and y = 2
x = 2 and 1 <= y <= 1
1 <= x <= 1 and y = 2
Therefore, there are three (2, 2), (2, 1), and (1, 2) that satisfy even one of the conditions. Suzuki, content type: document} is a set of patterns to be obtained (step 104).
[0036]
The designated attribute holding resource searching means 5 searches the resource holding means 1 for resources having attribute names and attribute values corresponding to the two patterns searched by the pattern searching means 4 from the resources held in the resource holding means 1. (Step 105). Currently, the resources in the resource holding means 1 whose attribute “owner” attribute value is “Suzuki” and whose attribute “content type” attribute value is “document” are resource 2 and resource 7. Two are searched by the designated attribute holding resource search means 5.
[0037]
Next, the user designates a processing procedure of “Generate a copy and store it in the resource holding unit 1” by the processing procedure specifying means 6 (FIG. 8) (step 106). Here, in order to simplify the explanation, the processing procedure is specified by the description using the natural language, but it may be described by using an arbitrary program language. In response to this, the processing application unit 1 “generates a copy and holds it in the resource holding unit” for each of the resource 2 and the resource 7 that are the outputs of the resource selection unit 3 (step 107), and as a result holds them in the resource holding unit 1 The resource to be used is as shown in FIG. However, resource 9 is a copy of resource 2 and resource 10 is a copy of resource 7.
[0038]
In the above example, two attributes, ie, “content type” and “document”, are specified for one resource, but the present invention specifies three or more attributes for one resource. It can also be applied to cases.
[0039]
Hereinafter, an example in which three attributes are specified for one resource will be described.
[0040]
In this example, the device configuration and processing procedure are the same as in the previous example, but the resource holding means 1 has resources 1 to 8 having attributes as shown in FIG. A table as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed, the structure as shown in FIG. 12 is held in the table structure holding means 4a in the pattern search means 4, and the heading size is shown in the table header size holding means 4b as shown in FIG. Suppose it is retained.
[0041]
“Applicant: AA Trading” and “Applicant: BB Trading” displayed on the resource attribute table display means 2 (see FIG. 11) have the attribute name “Applicant” and the attribute value “AA Trading”. Matching the attribute “BB Shokai”, “application date: 1992” and “application date: 1993” have the attribute name “application date”, and the “application date” attribute value is an attribute within 1992, respectively. Attribute matching within the year, “inventor: xxx” matches an attribute whose attribute name is “inventor” and whose attribute value is xxx.
[0042]
If the user selects the cell 2 by the table cell selecting means 3, the attribute name “applicant” has the attribute “AA Shokai” , the attribute name “application date” has an attribute value within 1992, and the attribute name “invention”. A resource whose attribute value is “Kiyotaka Kimura”, that is, resource 1 is searched by the designated attribute holding resource search means 5. Furthermore, if the user assigns a new attribute whose attribute name is “Remarks” and designates the attribute value as “Caution” by the processing procedure designating means 6, as a result, the resource holding means 1 The resources held in are as shown in FIG.
[0043]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the present invention, by specifying a cell on the table that displays a pattern that specifies an attribute name and attribute value, can be performed easily specified attribute name and attribute value.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a basic configuration of an embodiment of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing hardware for realizing each unit shown in the information processing apparatus shown in FIG.
3 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a table structure holding unit in Example 1. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure when a process is applied to a resource.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing resource holding means before processing in Example 1.
6 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing resource attribute table display means in Example 1. FIG.
7 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a table header size holding unit in Example 1. FIG.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing processing procedure instructions in Example 1;
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a resource holding unit after processing in Example 1;
10 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a resource holding unit before processing in Example 2. FIG.
11 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing resource attribute table display means in Example 1. FIG.
12 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a table structure holding unit in Example 2. FIG.
13 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a table header size holding unit in Example 2. FIG.
14 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a resource holding unit after processing in Example 2. FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Resource holding means, 2 ... Resource attribute table display means, 3 ... Table cell selection means, 4 ... Pattern search means, 4a ... Table structure holding means, 4b ... Table header size holding means, 5 ... Designated attribute holding resource search means 6 ... Processing procedure designating means 7 ... Processing application means

Claims (2)

A plurality of resources in which a plurality of attributes are set , a resource holding means for holding each attribute together with an attribute name and an attribute value indicating each attribute;
Resource attribute table display means for displaying a resource attribute table in which cells indicating attribute names and attribute values of a plurality of attributes set for the resources held in the resource holding means are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix; ,
Table structure holding means for holding the same table as the resource attribute table displayed on the resource attribute table display means in a two-dimensional matrix;
Table cell selection means for designating a desired cell in the resource attribute table displayed by the resource attribute table display means;
The coordinates of the table cell held in the table structure holding means corresponding to the cell selected by the table cell selection means are obtained, and the table held in the table structure holding means is scanned using the coordinates. Pattern search means for obtaining a pattern of attribute names and attribute values to be searched;
A designated attribute holding resource search unit that searches the resource holding unit for a resource having an attribute name and an attribute value that matches the attribute name and attribute value pattern obtained by the pattern search unit;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a process applying unit that applies a process to the resource selected by the designated attribute holding resource search unit. A plurality of resources set with a plurality of attributes are held in the resource holding unit together with attribute names and attribute values indicating the respective attributes,
  A resource attribute table in which cells indicating attribute names and attribute values of a plurality of attributes set for the resource held in the resource holding means are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix is displayed on the resource attribute table display means. ,
  The same table as the resource attribute table displayed on the resource attribute table display means is held in a two-dimensional matrix form in the table structure holding means,
  A desired cell in the resource attribute table displayed by the resource attribute table display means is designated by a table cell selection means,
  The coordinates of the table cell held in the table structure holding means corresponding to the cell selected by the table cell selection means are obtained, and the table held in the table structure holding means is scanned using the coordinates. The pattern search means obtains the attribute name and attribute value pattern to be searched,
  A resource having an attribute name and attribute value that matches the attribute name and attribute value pattern obtained by the pattern search means is searched by the designated attribute holding resource search means from the resource holding means,
  An information processing method characterized by applying a process to a resource selected by the designated attribute holding resource search means by a process applying means.

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