CN103530134A - Configurable software platform structure - Google Patents

Abstract

A configurable software platform structure includes a configurable platform framework and a basic platform framework; the configurable platform framework includes a data view configuration system, a calculation configuration system, a data scanning configuration system and a message configuration system. The present invention aims at the problem that the existing enterprise computer information system cannot be dynamically adjusted with the change of the business process, and solves the problem of the efficiency of enterprise information system development by establishing a configurable software platform; solves the upgrading and improvement of the enterprise information system itself Cause the problem of system instability; solve the problem of strong personalization and difficult implementation of enterprise information system. Develop and maintain enterprise information systems on this platform to solve problems such as rigidity of enterprise information systems, low development efficiency, and complex implementation.

Description

A Configurable Software Platform Architecture

technical field

The invention is used in the field of design, development and implementation of enterprise information systems and software, and in particular relates to a method for configurable development and standardized implementation of enterprise information systems and software.

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technical background

The information system has been fully applied in all aspects of the enterprise's operation, production, sales, etc., and has achieved good results in practical application.

However, in the development of information systems, due to the large gaps between enterprises and the complex and changeable situation of enterprises themselves, the first thing to be solved during development is the complex and changeable system data, large amount of information, and the individual needs of enterprises. , so in the process of system development, due to its strict logic and high coupling of reality, the information system lacks certain flexibility.

In the traditional information system development process, due to the contradiction between the huge rigidity of the information system and the flexibility of the enterprise's information requirements, problems such as poor configurability, poor reconfigurability and poor flexibility of the information system have resulted. In the traditional information system development process, information such as database access operations, calculation logic, and interface information data structures are directly embedded in the code, resulting in slight changes in the database connected to the information system or the actual needs of the enterprise. If the information system cannot run normally or meet the requirements, programmers must modify or update the code level, which brings heavy work to the implementation of the enterprise's information system, and also causes a huge waste of human resources, time, and money , It is not conducive to the commercial production of information systems, and it is also not conducive to the wide application of information systems in enterprises.

During the implementation of the information system, with the continuous development of the enterprise and the changing needs of customers, the enterprise needs a faster and more efficient information operation mode to adapt to the rapid changes of the enterprise environment more quickly and conveniently. The business process and operation mode of the enterprise, as well as the specific functions of the system, will change frequently, which brings great challenges to the enterprise information system. functionality and interface capabilities.

Different industries and different enterprises have different production organization models. Even in the same enterprise, the business process of the enterprise is constantly changing. Traditional information systems are developed based on fixed business processes of specific industries and enterprises, and information systems cannot be dynamically adjusted as business processes change. Due to the lack of flexibility, the traditional information system is not easy to modify and configure. When it is transplanted to other production business environments and organizational structures, the information system will not be able to complete its functions. In addition, in the traditional information system development process, due to the lack of attention to its configurability, it is difficult for information systems in different industries or enterprises to learn from each other, making the development cycle of information systems long, difficult, and costly, which is not conducive to Information systems are widely used in information systems.

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Contents of the invention

Aiming at the problem that the existing enterprise computer information system cannot be dynamically adjusted with the change of the business process, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a configurable software platform structure, on which the enterprise information system can be developed and maintained, and the enterprise information system can be solved. The rigidity of the information system, low development efficiency, and complex implementation.

To solve the problems of the technologies described above, the method means adopted in the present invention are as follows:

A configurable software platform structure, characterized in that it includes a configurable platform framework and a basic platform framework; the configurable platform framework is used for configurable development and flexible adjustment of software, and the basic platform framework is used to provide basic connection and configuration functions of the platform ; The configurable platform framework includes data view configuration system, calculation configuration system, data scanning configuration system and message configuration system; among them,

(1) Data view configuration system:

The data view configuration system separates the definition of data by the database and the processing of data by the business logic of the information system through the data view through the mapping configuration of the data view, and the data view is described and realized through the standard XML method;

(2) Calculation configuration system:

The calculation configuration system is used to describe the logic of the calculation model and define the parameters through external XML, and correspondingly establishes a parameter file library for saving the parameter configuration of the calculation model; and then establishes a Logic calculation engine, which calculates the calculation model defined externally;

(3) Data scanning configuration system:

The data scanning configuration system is used for barcode scanning and identification, which solves the problem of fast positioning and input of barcode scanning under the premise of existing coding rules in the enterprise;

First, classify the barcodes of the enterprise, establish a barcode classification table, and assign a symbol to each type of barcode;

Then, create a definition table for the input area, and define the corresponding barcode signs in the input area in the same way;

Then, before the enterprise generates barcodes for printing according to the original rules, the defined barcode classification definition is automatically used as a prefix to form a new barcode for printing through the platform;

Finally, when scanning the printed barcode in the application, the system first identifies the first category of the barcode, through which the system automatically identifies the input area required by the barcode, and then the system automatically focuses on the input area to complete the automatic input of data during barcode scanning;

(4) Message configuration system:

First of all, for all "OK" operations in the platform, the system will automatically generate two messages at last, one is a successful message and the other is a failure message, and the generation definition number and process number of the message;

Then, a message manager is established in the platform to save the messages of the "OK" operation sent over;

Afterwards, the platform establishes a message processing table to pre-define the post-processing methods of such messages;

Scan the message manager, if some messages do not define the next processing method, then the message will be filtered out without any subsequent processing; and once there is a definition of subsequent processing in the message processing table, the platform will follow the pre-determined The defined method processes the "confirmed" data.

Compared with existing methods, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

(1) The present invention will solve the problem of the efficiency of enterprise information system development by establishing a configurable software platform. Since the operation of enterprise information system on data is mainly fixed operations such as query, addition, deletion and modification, but the oriented data and operation process are different, resulting in a large number of repeated programming operations in the development process of enterprise information system, which greatly reduces the development time. s efficiency.

(2) The present invention solves the problem of system instability caused by the upgrade and improvement of the enterprise information system itself through a configurable software platform. Because the application of information systems by different enterprises will produce many applications to meet the individual needs of enterprises, and these applications are closely related to information systems, which hinder the upgrading of information systems themselves, because upgrading may cause the application of enterprise information systems. instability.

(3) The present invention solves the problem that the enterprise information system is highly individualized and difficult to implement by means of configuration. Due to the different nature of enterprises, different products, different management, different processes, and different data requirements, the enterprise information system puts forward high requirements for the implementation of enterprise information systems. Therefore, at present, a large number of enterprises Information systems are developed through secondary development involving developers, and the source code level is modified to meet the needs of specific enterprises, resulting in an uncontrollable and complicated implementation process.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a configurable software platform in the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a system application model diagram based on a configurable platform in the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a software development model diagram based on a configurable platform in the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a structural diagram of an XML configuration document in the present invention;

Fig. 5 is an organizational structure diagram of the configurable platform core class library in the present invention.

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Detailed ways

Below in conjunction with specific embodiment and accompanying drawing, the present invention is described in further detail.

As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, a configurable software platform structure mainly includes a configurable platform framework and a basic platform framework; among them, the configurable platform framework is the main one. The configurable platform framework involves data view configuration, interface configuration, process configuration, calculation configuration, data scanning configuration, master-slave structure configuration, report configuration, message configuration, menu tool configuration, and integration configuration. Above-mentioned software platform structure is designed in order to keep the integrality of platform, wherein some aspects are very mature, innovation of the present invention is by the combination of hardware and software, especially realizes by software method: mainly comprises the following several aspects:

(1) Data view configuration system:

Data view configuration mainly solves the problem of separating the data operation from the system development process, that is, from the system source code due to the different requirements and display of data in the enterprise information system, including data definition, display and SQL query statement. Through the mapping configuration of the data view, the definition of data by the database and the processing of the data by the business logic of the information system are separated through the data view, so that the processing of the data by the enterprise information system is not processed directly through the database, but through the intermediate data view. . The data view is described and implemented through standard XML. Once the data requirements of the enterprise information system change, it will be directly reflected in the completion of the configuration of the database and data view to meet the data changes and avoid the processing of the business logic of the information system, that is, to use the same business logic processing to complete the processing of the changed data . See Figure 3.

Through the enumeration of data views based on XML documents and the configuration of data association, the problem of display and association of personalized data is solved. For example, the personnel information is a table in the system database. Under the gender attribute, "0" represents "male" and "1" represents "female". Then "0" and "male", "1" and "female" The mapping relationship is stored in the XML configuration document. When viewing the system interface, the system will automatically parse the XML configuration document and convert "0" into "male" and "1" into "female" for display. When the system data view When the requirements change, modify the mapping relationship in the configuration document to conveniently personalize the data view; in addition, for example, the level of a person in the information system must be constrained by another level of data, and the original technology must be inside the information system It can be solved through strict logical processing, but here, the data view can be used to configure and define the two sets of data with constraint relationships, and the information system can satisfy the constraints between the data through configuration files without any processing.

All of the above used to solve the different requirements of enterprises for data through source code level development operations, but this method is completed interactively through the configuration of data views, which has nothing to do with the application system, so no source code level development is required .

See Figure 4 for the structural diagram of the XML document.

(2) Calculation configuration system:

A large number of calculation models are often encountered in enterprise information systems. The traditional processing is to define these calculation models through variables in the source code, and implement logic through strict programming. Once the calculation model or calculation parameters change, it must be passed. The source code is logically adjusted.

The calculation configuration technology referred to in the present invention uses the logic of the calculation model to describe the model and define the parameters through the external XML, and correspondingly establishes a parameter file library for saving the parameter configuration of the calculation model. Then build a logical calculation engine in the information system to calculate the externally defined calculation model. In this way, if the calculation model of the information system changes, it only needs to interactively modify the calculation model and parameters in the external XML document, and the information system itself does not need any adjustment or modification.

(3) Data scanning configuration system:

In the present invention, data scanning is mainly used for scanning and identifying barcodes. Because there are too many types of codes in enterprise information systems, such as personnel codes, equipment codes, material codes, etc., barcode technology is now widely used to solve the use of codes in information systems. However, when scanning barcodes, it is generally required that the input focus on the screen interface be in the corresponding input area to scan barcodes correctly. For example, scanning personnel barcodes in the personnel input area cannot scan equipment barcodes. Therefore, traditionally, interactive mobile input areas are used to correspond to barcodes. scanning, which is less efficient and prone to errors.

In this method, the problem of fast input corresponding to the barcode will be solved through configuration. To solve this problem, first of all, the constraints of the coding rules of the enterprise itself cannot be changed, that is, to solve the rapid positioning input of barcode scanning under the premise of the existing coding rules of the enterprise.

First classify the barcodes of the enterprise, establish a barcode classification table, and assign a symbol to each type of barcode, such as P for personnel barcodes, D for equipment barcodes, etc.

Then create a definition table for the input area, and define the corresponding barcode signs in the input area in the same way.

Then, before the enterprise generates barcodes for printing according to the original rules, the defined barcode classification definition is automatically used as a prefix to form a new barcode for printing through the platform

Finally, when scanning the printed barcode in the application, the system first identifies the first category of the barcode, through which the system automatically identifies the input area required by the barcode, and then the system automatically focuses on the input area to complete the automatic data input when scanning the barcode. Therefore, there is no need to manually switch the focus of the input area, which improves the efficiency and ensures the correctness of the input at the same time.

(4) Message configuration system:

Enterprise information systems are usually composed of different systems, such as management, production, sales, design and other systems. Therefore, after an enterprise's information system completes a business, it will generally have an impact on other subsequent application systems, including data processing and Process handling. Many of the traditional methods also adopt the secondary development method, which is realized through programming on the basis of obtaining the source codes of the two systems. The method solves the connection processing problem of the enterprise system after a certain business is completed through message configuration.

First of all, for all "OK" operations on the platform (generally, the OK button in the information system interface), the system will automatically generate two messages at the end, one is a successful message and the other is a failure message, and the The generation definition number and procedure number of the message.

Then, a message manager is established in the platform, which is used to save the messages of these sent "confirm" operations.

Afterwards, the platform establishes a message processing table, which pre-defines the post-processing method of this type of message, for example, defines how to deal with the message in the next step. Scan the message manager, if some messages do not define the next processing method, then the message will be filtered out without any subsequent processing; and once there is a definition of subsequent processing in the message processing table, the platform will follow the pre-determined The defined method processes the "confirmed" data.

Therefore, by using the invention to configure the message processing table, all subsequent data processing processes can be defined, instead of being realized through secondary development in the original application system.

Example 1:

Firstly, the present invention relates to a configurable software platform and structure, which encapsulates a large number of configuration operations in a "configuration tool" to help complete the configuration work.

1. Implementation methods of enterprise information system development:

(1) Once the development of a new information system function is started, use the configuration tool to initialize, and a unified development entry will be generated according to the structure in Figure 5.

(2) The system will automatically generate a series of XML configuration documents for the system functions, including data view configuration documents, calculation configuration documents, barcode configuration documents, etc. as shown in Figure 2.

(3) Design and form the data plan of the database according to the traditional method, this step is carried out in the database.

(4) Through the configuration tool, select the corresponding database data table to associate with the configuration document, and the platform will automatically identify and associate all the data.

(5) According to the requirements of system functions, configure the use and display of data in the configuration document.

(6) In the system function interface, an interface configuration is automatically generated through the development entry of the first step for function processing.

(7) Run the system directly, and the system will process the results and data operations according to the definition of the configuration document.

Therefore, in the process of system development, there is basically no need for much program development, but more processing of configuration documents, and the configuration documents themselves are suitable for system separation.

2. Upgrade and improvement of enterprise information system:

(1) According to the needs of function upgrades and changes, adjust the data in the database, including adding, deleting, modifying, etc.

(2) Find the corresponding configuration file, modify the data view, calculation model, etc. interactively and save it.

(3) Re-run the system, and the system will complete the function and data processing according to the definition of the new configuration document.

Therefore, in the upgrade and improvement of the information system, a large number of changes are still processed in the configuration document, and the source code basically does not need to be modified. Of course, if the upgrade of the entire function is completely different, almost a completely new function, it can be handled according to the implementation method of the enterprise information system development in the previous step.

3. Implementation of enterprise information system:

Completely different from the implementation process of traditional enterprise information systems, the new implementation process is as follows:

(1) Analyze the data structure and situation of the enterprise, and construct the data definition of the database;

(2) Use configuration tools to modify configuration documents related to personalization;

(3) Run the system directly, and it will run according to the new configuration.

Therefore, when the traditional enterprise information system is implemented, due to the individual needs of the enterprise, a large number of functions and data processing are realized through secondary development, resulting in high cost, and the implementation period and effect cannot be accurately predicted, which brings great harm to the enterprise information system. great difficulty. However, with the platform of the present invention, what is needed in the implementation is basically configuration personnel, who complete different configurations of data and processes according to the individual needs of the enterprise, and developers basically do not participate in the implementation process, which will reduce costs and make the implementation process controllable. The implementation cycle is controllable.

At the same time, since the core of the entire platform has not been modified according to the individual requirements of the enterprise, the operating core is very stable, and the individual requirements of the enterprise for the information system are all reflected in the configuration documents. Therefore, the testing and maintenance of the system as well as the upgrade become very effective and simple.

Finally, it is noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention without limitation, although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, the technical solutions of the present invention can be modified or equivalently replaced without departing from The purpose and scope of the technical solution of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims (1)

1. A configurable software platform structure is characterized by comprising a configurable platform framework and a basic platform framework; the configurable platform framework is used for configurable development and flexible adjustment of software, and the basic platform framework is used for providing basic connection and configuration functions of the platform; the configurable platform framework comprises a data view configuration system, a computing configuration system, a data scanning configuration system and a message configuration system; wherein,

(1) the data view configuration system:

the data view configuration system separates the definition of the database on the data and the processing of the information system service logic on the data through the data view by the mapping configuration of the data view, and the data view is described and realized in a standard XML mode;

(2) the computing configuration system:

the calculation configuration system is used for describing the model and defining parameters of the logic of the calculation model through external XML, and correspondingly establishes a parameter file library in a matching way for storing the parameter configuration condition of the calculation model; then, establishing a logic calculation engine in the information system, and calculating a calculation model defined outside;

(3) data scanning configuration system:

the data scanning configuration system is used for scanning and identifying the bar code, and realizes the quick positioning input of bar code scanning on the premise of the existing coding rule of an enterprise;

firstly, classifying the bar codes of enterprises, establishing a bar code classification table, and distributing a mark for each type of bar codes;

then, establishing a definition table of an input area, and defining the corresponding bar code marks of the input area according to the same mode;

then, before the enterprise generates the bar code according to the original rule and prints the bar code, automatically forming a new bar code by using the defined bar code classification definition as a prefix through the platform;

finally, when scanning the printed bar code in the application, the system firstly identifies the category of the head of the bar code, automatically identifies the input area required by the bar code through the category system, and then automatically inputs the data when the system automatically acquires the focus of the input area and finishes the bar code scanning;

(4) the message configuration system comprises:

firstly, all 'determination' operations are carried out in the platform, finally, 2 messages are automatically generated by the system, one message is a success message, the other message is a failure message, and a serial number and a process serial number are defined for the generation of the messages;

then, a message manager is established in the platform and used for storing the sent messages of the 'determining' operation;

then, the platform establishes a message processing table, and defines the post-processing mode of the message in advance;

scanning the message manager, and if some messages do not define the next processing mode, filtering the messages without any subsequent processing; and once the definition of the subsequent processing process is in the message processing table, the platform processes the determined data according to the predefined mode.

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