An Approach to User Interface Specification with Attribute Grammars

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1997-01-11
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Anapproachtosupportinguserinterfacesusinganattributegrammarcombinedwithaneventmodelisdescribed.Themainemphasisishowtorepresentamulti-threaddialoguemodelindirectmanipulationuserinterfaces.Itisshownthatcontrolsequencewithindialogues,communicationwithotherdialogues,andsomecomputationsforapplicationscanbespecifiedwithasyntacticandsemanticnotation.Theattributegrammarspecificationcanbeimplementedusinganattributegrammarintepreterembeddedintherun-timestructuresupportingcommunication,synchronization,anddialogueexecuton.