CONNECTOR FOR DATA FILE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exchange data between data files inside both capsules incorporating data files and input/output programs for these data files. SOLUTION: A connection definition part 310 analyzes the internal structure of respective data files inside the capsule at the connection destination to perform data connection definition and the capsule at the connection source and prepares connection definition data 330 defining the items of data to be exchanged between the data file in the capsule at the connection destination and the data file in the capsule at the connection source. A connection control part 320 analyzes the contents of these connection definition data 330 and extracts the data of connection object out of the data file in the capsule at the connection destination as mentioned above. Besides, data to be required are inputted from a user. Then, these data are worked corresponding to the data format of the data file in the capsule at the connection source and outputted to this capsule at the connection source.