US 6,983,446 B2
Methods and systems for finding specific line of source code
Dietrich Charisius, Stuttgart (Germany); and Alexander Aptus, Esslingen (Germany)
Assigned to Borland Software Corporation, Scotts Valley, Calif. (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/839,525.
Application 09/839525 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/680063, filed on Oct. 04, 2000.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/199046, filed on Apr. 21, 2000.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/157826, filed on Oct. 05, 1999.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/199046, filed on Apr. 21, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2002/0023257 A1, Feb. 21, 2002
Int. Cl. G06F 9/44 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 717—113 268 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method in a data processing system for developing source code comprising the steps of:
generating a transient meta model which stores a language-neutral representation of the source code;
displaying a graphical representation of the source code generated from the language-neutral representation in the transient meta model;
receiving a message corresponding to a portion of the source code;
locating the portion of the source code corresponding to the message;
displaying the portion of the source code corresponding to the message in a visually distinctive manner;
determining whether the graphical representation of the portion of the source code corresponding to the message is displayed; and
when it is determined that the graphical representation of the portion of the source code corresponding to the message is not displayed, displaying the graphical representation of the portion of the source code corresponding to the message; and
modifying the graphical representation of the portion of the source code corresponding to the message in a visually distinctive manner.