What is claimed is:
1. A method of treating a plastic part without using adhesion promoters, comprising the steps of:
providing a burner assembly, said burner assembly including a discharge tube that has an end portion aligned on an axis adjacent a face of said burner assembly, said burner assembly further including at least one flame jet that generally encloses said discharge tube adjacent said burner assembly face;
operatively coupling a control device to said burner assembly, said control device being adapted to cause a liquid mixture including a desired quantity of a graft chemical to be sprayed from said discharge tube generally in a direction along said axis, said control device also being adapted to cause a flame to be projected from said at least one flame jet, said flame generally enclosing said liquid mixture spray and being near a predetermined temperature at a predetermined distance away from said at least one flame jet;
determining a sequence of movements of said burner assembly relative to a predetermined surface portion of a plastic part; and
moving said burner assembly relative to said plastic part in accordance with said sequence of movements while spraying said liquid mixture from said discharge tube and projecting said flame from said at least one flame jet so that said liquid mixture and said flame contact said predetermined surface portion of said plastic part to prepare it to accept paint.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein when said moving step causes the desired surface area of said plastic part to be contacted by said flame generally only once.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein said graft chemical comprises a multi-functional amine containing organic compound.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein said liquid mixture comprises 400 parts water to 1 part of said a multi-functional amine containing organic compound.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein said a multi-functional amine containing organic compound comprises Lupasol G35.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein an injection molding process is utilized to form said plastic part.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein said plastic is contoured.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of constructing a software application, comprising:
reading one or more complete and consistent specifications that define, at least in part, a software application;
generating by a processor a data storage structure for storing data of the software application automatically based, at least in part, upon one or more design elements within the one or more complete and consistent specifications;
generating by the processor at least one unit of code automatically based, at least in part, upon the one or more design elements within the one or more complete and consistent specifications; and
constructing by the processor a first application from the at least one unit of code and data storage structure, wherein constructing the first application includes one or more of:
identifying one or more process actions to be implemented in the first application;
identifying one or more units of code associated with the one or more process actions; and
creating at least one additional unit of code for the one or more process actions that invokes at least one of the one or more identified units of code.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more design elements is selected from a group consisting of:
a process definition that defines, at least in part, a process associated with the software application, wherein the process is one or more of:
a process of which the software application is at least a part; and
a process that is part of the software application;
a process action that defines, at least in part, an action associated with the process;
a data definition that defines, at least in part, data associated with the software application;
a data relationship that defines, at least in part, a relationship between the data;
a user interface definition that defines, at least in part, an interface to the software application; and
a rule that is applied to at least one of the one or more design elements.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating items selected from a group consisting of: test cases for validating the first application; and test data for validating the first application.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
reading one or more additional specifications that define, at least in part, the software application;
generating at least one additional data storage structure for storing data of the software application;
generating at least one additional unit of code based, at least in part, upon one or more design elements within the one or more additional specifications; and
modifying the first application.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein modifying the first application includes at least one operation selected from a group consisting of:
constructing a second application including compiling the at least one additional units of code;
adding the at least one additional unit of code to the first application;
adding the at least one additional data storage structure to the first application; and
reconstructing, at least in part, the first application based on the additional specifications wherein reconstructing the first application comprises compiling the at least one additional units of code.
6. The method of claim 4 further comprising: generating an additional data storage structure for storing data of the first application.
7. The method of claim 4 further comprising: modifying an existing data storage structure for storing data of the first application.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the data storage structure is defined, at least in part, by the one or more design elements.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the one or more design elements are selected from a group consisting of: a data element; a relationship between data elements; and an order for organizing data elements and relationships.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one unit of code is defined, at least in part, by the one or more design elements.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more design elements is selected from a group consisting of: a data validation rule; a data derivation rule; a data access rule; a process action user interface element; a process action control rule; a process action entry condition; a process action exit condition; a process action data rule; and a process action exception handling rule.
12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
modifying one or more specifications to modify, at least in part, the software application;
reading the one or more modified specifications;
generating at least one additional unit of code based, at least in part, upon the one or more design elements within the one or more modified specifications; and
modifying the software application.
13. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations:
reading one or more complete and consistent specifications that define, at least in part, a software application;
generating a data storage structure for storing data of the software application automatically based, at least in part, upon one or more design elements within the one or more complete and consistent specifications;
generating at least one unit of code automatically based, at least in part, upon the one or more design elements within the one or more complete and consistent specifications; and
constructing a first application from the at least one unit of code and data storage structure, wherein constructing the first application includes one or more of:
identifying one or more process actions to be implemented in the first application;
identifying one or more units of code associated with the one or more process actions; and
creating at least one additional unit of code for the one or more process actions that invokes at least one of the one or more identified units of code.
14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the one or more design elements is selected from a group consisting of:
a process definition that defines, at least in part, a process associated with the software application, wherein the process is one or more of:
a process of which the software application is at least a part; and
a process that is part of the software application;
a process action that defines, at least in part, an action associated with the process;
a data definition that defines, at least in part, data associated with the software application;
a data relationship that defines, at least in part, a relationship between the data;
a user interface definition that defines, at least in part, an interface to the software application; and
a rule that is applied to at least one of the one or more design elements.
15. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the operations further comprise generating items selected from a group consisting of: test cases for validating the first application; and test data for validating the first application.
16. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the operations further comprise:
reading one or more additional specifications that define, at least in part, the software application;
generating at least one additional data storage structure for storing data of the software application;
generating at least one additional unit of code based, at least in part, upon the one or more design elements within the one or more additional specifications; and
modifying the first application.
17. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein modifying the first application includes at least one operation selected from a group consisting of:
constructing a second application including compiling the at least one additional units of code;
adding the at least one additional unit of code to the first application;
adding the at least one additional data storage structure to the first application; and
reconstructing, at least in part, the first application based on the additional specifications wherein reconstructing the first application comprises compiling the at least one additional units of code.
18. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the operations further comprise: generating an additional data storage structure for storing data of the first application.
19. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the operations further comprise: modifying an existing data storage structure for storing data of the first application.
20. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the data storage structure is defined, at least in part, by the one or more design elements.
21. The computer program product of claim 20 wherein the one or more design elements are selected from a group consisting of: a data element; a relationship between data elements; and an order for organizing data elements and relationships.
22. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the at least one unit of code is defined, at least in part, by the one or more design elements.
23. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the one or more design elements is selected from a group consisting of: a data validation rule; a data derivation rule; a data access rule; a process action user interface element; a process action control rule; a process action entry condition; a process action exit condition; a process action data rule; and a process action exception handling rule.
24. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the operations further comprise:
modifying one or more specifications to modify, at least in part, the software application;
reading the one or more modified specifications;
generating at least one additional unit of code based, at least in part, upon the one or more design elements within the one or more modified specifications; and
modifying the software application.