JP5202357B2 - System linkage infrastructure design support method, system linkage infrastructure design support apparatus, and design support program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system linkage infrastructure design support method for evaluating service design information.

  In recent years, SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) has attracted attention as a technical concept for constructing an information system or linking systems. The characteristic of SOA is that information system functions are implemented in units called services, and an information system is created by combining services. Conventionally, technologies for supporting the implementation of services when constructing an information system are disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below.

JP 2007-122650 A JP 2006-012113 A

  However, according to the above conventional technology, the purpose is to support the implementation of the service, and it does not support the design of the service. Therefore, there is a problem that the service can be designed only by some designers who have knowledge of SOA.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and obtains a system linkage infrastructure design support method capable of supplementing knowledge necessary for service design by evaluating service parameters set by a designer. For the purpose.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention is a system linkage infrastructure design support method for evaluating the design contents of a service, which is a functional unit of an information system, and includes design information of a service to be evaluated. A design information input step to be input; a design information analysis step to subdivide the design information of the service into service call units; evaluate the description content of the subdivided design information; and output an evaluation result A design information evaluation step; a design support information generation step for generating design support information for design information of the input service based on the evaluation result; and a design support information output step for outputting the design support information. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide information that supplements necessary knowledge to a service designer.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the design information evaluation process. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of design information. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of design information. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating evaluation items for design information. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a design information evaluation result. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a design information evaluation result. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of design support information. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a design information report generation process. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an electronic computer capable of executing a design support program.

  Embodiments of a system cooperation infrastructure design support method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

Embodiment.
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus 1 capable of realizing the system cooperation infrastructure design support method according to the present invention. The system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus 1 is an electronic computer such as a personal computer, stores a design support program for realizing a system cooperation infrastructure design support method, evaluates design information of an input service, and supports design support. Output information. The system linkage infrastructure design support apparatus 1 includes an input / output control unit 11, a design information analysis unit 12, a design information evaluation unit 13, a design support information generation unit 14, a design information report generation unit 15, and a design information storage unit. 21, an analysis result storage unit 22, an evaluation result storage unit 23, a design support information database 24, a design information report storage unit 25, an input unit 31, an output unit 32, and a display unit 33.

  The input / output control unit 11 outputs the design information of the input service to be evaluated to the design information analysis unit 12 and outputs the design support information to the output unit 32. Further, the display of the display unit 33 is controlled in accordance with information to be input / output. The design information analysis unit 12 analyzes the design information of the input service and parameterizes the design information. The design information evaluation unit 13 evaluates the design contents of the service with respect to the parameterized design information. The design support information generation unit 14 generates and outputs design support information for the design information of the input service based on the evaluation result. The design information report generation unit 15 generates and outputs a design information report that can be used as a system development specification based on the design support information.

  The design information storage unit 21 is a storage unit that stores input design information. The analysis result storage unit 22 is a storage unit that stores parameterized design information. The evaluation result storage unit 23 is a storage unit that stores the evaluation result of the design information. The design support information database 24 is a database for accumulating and managing the generated design support information. The design information report storage unit 25 is a storage unit that stores the generated design information report.

  The input unit 31 inputs design information for the service to be evaluated. Also, when generating the design information report, information for identifying the target service is input. Specifically, a keyboard such as a personal computer, a mouse, a disk drive, and the like. The output unit 32 outputs design support information and a design information report. Specifically, it is a monitor such as a personal computer or a disk drive. The display unit 33 displays a guidance screen for inputting design information and output design support information. The output unit 32 and the display unit 33 may have the same configuration.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of the system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus 1. The system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus 1 includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 20, an input unit 31, an output unit 32, and a display unit 33. When viewed in terms of functional blocks, in the system linkage infrastructure design support apparatus 1, it can be said that the control unit 10 is connected to the storage unit 20, the input unit 31, the output unit 32, and the display unit 33.

  The control unit 10 is a control unit that controls the entire system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus 1. The input / output control unit 11, the design information analysis unit 12, the design information evaluation unit 13, the design support information generation unit 14, and the like. A design information report generation unit 15. The storage unit 20 is a storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD), and includes a design information storage unit 21, an analysis result storage unit 22, an evaluation result storage unit 23, a design support information database 24, and a design information report storage. Unit 25. For the storage unit excluding the design support information database 24, temporarily input or generated information is stored. The details of each configuration are the same as those in FIG.

  Next, design information evaluation processing of the system linkage infrastructure design support apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the design information evaluation process. When the user activates the system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus 1, the user selects design information evaluation according to the display on the display unit 33, and inputs the design information of the service to be evaluated into the input unit 31 (step S1). Specifically, the design information shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is input. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of design information of a BPEL description. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of design information of WSDL description. Here, the two pieces of information of BPEL and WSDL are combined as service design information. The input unit 31 outputs service design information to the input / output control unit 11. The input / output control unit 11 temporarily stores service design information in the design information storage unit 21, and then outputs the design information to the design information analysis unit 12.

  Next, the design information analysis unit 12 analyzes the input design information and executes a process for parameterizing the design information (step S2). This is because the next design information evaluation unit 13 evaluates the individual contents of the parameterized design information. Specifically, the inputted design information is subdivided into service call unit sizes as indicated by dotted lines in FIG. The design information analysis unit 12 temporarily stores the parameterized design information in the analysis result storage unit 22 and then outputs it to the design information evaluation unit 13.

  The design information evaluation unit 13 evaluates the parameterized design information (step S3). FIG. 6 shows items to be evaluated by the design information evaluation unit 13. For example, when evaluating a BPEL description, a predetermined evaluation such as how many execution time check target elements are included in a child element is performed for a description part such as “flow”. Further, when evaluating the WSDL description, a predetermined evaluation such as whether or not a plurality of part elements are included in the description part such as “message” is performed. The design information evaluation unit 13 may be connected to the design support information database 24. The design information evaluation unit 13 can refer to the design support information of the service evaluated in the past, and the evaluation accuracy can be improved.

  The design information evaluation unit 13 evaluates the individual contents of the parameterized design information and outputs the evaluation results shown in FIGS. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an evaluation result of design information of the BPEL process. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an evaluation result of WSDL design information. For example, in the evaluation of BPEL in FIG. 7, a necessary processing time for each parameter (for example, “<processEvalResult totalTime =“ 100 ”>”) is described. In the WSDL evaluation of FIG. 8, the data size in each parameter (for example, “<elementCheckResult aggregateDataSize =“ 10 ”/>” corresponds) is described. The design information evaluation unit 13 temporarily stores the evaluation result in the evaluation result storage unit 23 and then outputs the evaluation result to the design support information generation unit 14.

  The design support information generation unit 14 generates design support information to be presented to the user based on the evaluation result (step S4). Specifically, the design support information shown in FIG. 9 is generated based on the evaluation results shown in FIGS. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of design support information. For example, provide the total execution time of the process and include a comment that asks the user to confirm that the result meets the system requirements. In addition, when the execution time is long in a specific process, a comment for reviewing the process is described.

  The design support information generation unit 14 outputs the design support information to the design support information database 24, and the design support information database 24 accumulates and stores it (step S5). In addition, the design support information generation unit 14 outputs the design support information to the input / output control unit 11. The input / output control unit 11 outputs design support information to the user through the output unit 32 (step S6). The input / output control unit 11 displays design support information on the display unit 33 as necessary.

  Through the above processing, the user can obtain design support information corresponding to the input service design information. Thus, the user can review the service design information based on the comments of the design support information, and can appropriately design the service even if the SOA knowledge is not sufficient.

  Further, the user can obtain a design information report that can be used as a system development specification for the evaluated service. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a design information report generation process. When the user activates the system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus 1, the user selects a design information report according to the display on the display unit 33. The input / output control unit 11 calls the design information report generation unit 15 (step S11). The user inputs information for identifying the service to the input unit 31. The input / output control unit 11 notifies the design information report generation unit 15 of information for identifying the service input to the input unit 31.

  The design information report generation unit 15 searches the design support information database 24 to extract and read design support information of the target service (step S12). Next, the design information report generation unit 15 generates a design information report based on the read design support information (step S13). The design information report generation unit 15 temporarily stores the design information report in the design information report storage unit 25 and then outputs the design information report to the input / output control unit 11. The input / output control unit 11 outputs a design information report to the user through the output unit 32 (step S14). Further, a design information report is displayed on the display unit 33 as necessary. The design information report is not limited to a specific format as long as it can be used as a specification for system development.

  With the above processing, the user can obtain a design information report that can be used as a system development specification for the evaluated service. As a result, the user can efficiently obtain the system development specifications.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus performs the parameterization process on the design information of the service input by the user, and then evaluates the parameterized design information. The design support information was generated based on the evaluation results and presented to the user. Thereby, the user can easily review the design contents of the service based on the presented design support information.

  In addition, the user can obtain a design information report as a system development specification for the designated service by designating the evaluated service for the system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus.

  FIG. 11 shows a computer that has a function as a system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus for realizing the system cooperation infrastructure design support method according to this embodiment and can execute the design support program of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure.

  This computer includes, for example, a control unit 101 including a CPU (corresponding to the control unit 10), a memory unit 102 (corresponding to the storage unit 20), a display unit 103 (corresponding to the display unit 33), and an input. A unit 104 (corresponding to the input unit 31), a CD-ROM drive unit 105, a disk unit 106, and an external I / F unit 107 are provided. These units are connected via a system bus A, respectively. ing.

  In FIG. 11, the control unit 101 executes the design support program. The memory unit 102 includes various memories such as a RAM and a ROM, and stores programs to be executed by the control unit 101, necessary data obtained in the course of processing, and the like. The display unit 103 is composed of a CRT, LCD (liquid crystal display panel), or the like, and displays various screens to the user of the electronic computer. The input unit 104 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and is used by a computer user to input various information. The illustrated CD-ROM 200 stores a design support program describing the processing of the present embodiment.

  Here, an operation example of the electronic computer until the design support program becomes executable will be described. First, in the electronic computer configured as described above, a design support program is installed in the disk unit 106 from the CD-ROM 200 set in the CD-ROM drive unit 105. Then, the program read from the disk unit 106 is stored in the memory unit 102 when the electronic computer is activated or when the program is executed. In this state, the control unit 101 executes system cooperation infrastructure design support processing according to the program stored in the memory unit 102.

  In the present embodiment, the design support program is provided by the CD-ROM 200. However, the recording medium of the program is not limited to this, and may be, for example, according to the computer constituting the system. Other recording media such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk and DVD can also be used. Moreover, it is good also as using the program provided by transmission media, such as an email and the internet.

  As described above, the system cooperation infrastructure design support method according to the present invention is useful for building a system based on SOA, and is particularly suitable for design evaluation of services.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 System cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus 10 Control part 11 Input / output control part 12 Design information analysis part 13 Design information evaluation part 14 Design support information generation part 15 Design information report generation part 20 Storage part 21 Design information storage part 22 Analysis result storage part 23 Evaluation Result Storage Unit 24 Design Support Information Database 25 Design Information Report Storage Unit 31 Input Unit 32 Output Unit 33 Display Unit

Claims (13)

A system linkage infrastructure design support method for evaluating the design contents of a service, which is a functional unit of an information system,
A design information input step for inputting design information of the service to be evaluated;
A design information analysis step for subdividing the service design information into service call units;
A design information evaluation step for evaluating the description content for the fragmented design information and outputting an evaluation result;
A design support information generation step for generating design support information for design information of the input service based on the evaluation result;
A design support information output step for outputting the design support information;
A system linkage infrastructure design support method characterized by including:   2. The system linkage infrastructure design support method according to claim 1, wherein, in the design information evaluation step, an evaluation object for the service design information is a BPEL description.   3. The system linkage infrastructure design support method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, in the design information evaluation step, an evaluation target for service design information is a WSDL description. further,
A design support information storage step for storing the design support information;
The system cooperation infrastructure design support method according to claim 1, wherein the system cooperation infrastructure design support method is included.   5. The system linkage infrastructure design support method according to claim 4, wherein the design information evaluation step further performs an evaluation with reference to past design support information stored in the design support information storage step. further,
A service identification information input step for inputting information for identifying a service for which a design information report that can be used as a system development specification is generated;
A design support information reading step of reading design support information of the target service from the design support information stored in the design support information storage step;
A design information report generation step for generating a design information report based on the read design support information;
A design information report output step for outputting the design information report;
The system cooperation infrastructure design support method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized by comprising: A system linkage infrastructure design support device that evaluates the design content of a service, which is a functional unit of an information system,
Input / output control means for controlling input of design information of the service to be evaluated and output of design support information generated based on the design information of the service;
Design information analysis means for subdividing the input service design information into service call units and outputting the subdivided design information;
A design information evaluation unit that evaluates the description content of the fragmented design information and outputs an evaluation result;
Design support information generating means for generating design support information for the design information of the input service based on the evaluation result;
A system cooperation infrastructure design support device characterized by comprising:   8. The system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the design information evaluation unit sets an evaluation object for service design information as a BPEL description.   9. The system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the design information evaluation means uses WSDL description as an evaluation target for service design information. further,
Design support information storage means for storing the design support information;
The system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus is provided.   11. The system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the design information evaluation unit further performs evaluation with reference to past design support information stored in the design support information storage unit. The input / output control means controls input of information for identifying a target service for generating a design information report that can be used as a system development specification, and output of the design information report.
further,
A design that extracts design support information corresponding to a target service input from the input / output control unit from the design support information storage unit, generates a design information report based on the design support information, and outputs the design information report to the input / output control unit Information report generation means,
The system cooperation infrastructure design support apparatus according to claim 10 or 11, further comprising:   A design support program for causing a computer to execute the system cooperation infrastructure design support method according to claim 1.

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