摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To receive multiple types of data through a data processing path prepared without considerably changing the design of the data processing path. <P>SOLUTION: A data processing apparatus (15) comprises: a first data processing path for processing data of a first type upon inputting the data without negotiation capable of specifying a data type; a second data processing path for processing data of a second type; a determination means (105) provided in the first data processing path to determine whether or not data inputted to the first data processing path are data of the second type; and a means (131) for validating the second data processing path if the data inputted to the first data processing path are determined as data of the second type. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |