A Platform Mapping Engine for the WIPI-to-Windows Mobile Contents Converter

A Study on the WIPI-to-Tizen Converter for Smart Game Contents Compatibility

“…A method of increasing the reusability of game content and enhancing productivity by converting the mobile C content of the GVM platform into WIPI C, Java, or MIDP Java has been suggested [7]. In addition, other studies are underway to convert existing mobile game content for use in the growing smart phone market for operating systems such as Android and iOS [8][9][10][11][12][13][14], for example, the WIPI-to-iOS converter, WIPI-to-Android converter, Android-to-iOS converter, and iOS-to-Android converter system.…”

“…Other data such as images and sound must also be converted into a form that can be used on the new target platform. In addition, an API library must be provided in order to maintain equivalent programming and event environments [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

“…The content analyzer [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] is a system that analyzes the input content, and produces an output in which the resource data and source code stored within the content are separated. Thus, the content analyzer must separate the image or sound resource data, in the form of variables, according to the variable.…”

“…This has led to the need for developers to convert contents that have been already developed for use on smart phone platforms. converting (porting and retargeting) Consequently, considerable time and expense are being invested to analyze and convert(port and retarget) the sources and resources of one smart game's content for use on the smart phone platform [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

“…The resource converter is a system which converts the text or binary resource data from the game to be converted into image, sound and user data so that it can be used on the target platform's file system. The platform mapping engine is a system which provides API functions which allow the previous platform's execution environment to be recreated using the target platform's wrapper functions [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”