Adaptable application variants

A system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• receive a request for an application, the request including contextual parameter data;
• retrieve a base user interface configuration corresponding to the application;
• automatically retrieve a first interface configuration file corresponding to the contextual parameter data from a first organizational layer of a layered repository, the layered repository partitioned into one or more organizational layers that store a plurality of interface configuration files associated with the application;
• retrieve a second interface configuration file corresponding to the contextual parameter data from a second organizational layer of the layered repository, wherein the second organizational layer is a memory partition different from the first organizational layer and the second organizational layer utilizes write permissions that differ from the first organizational layer;
• merge the first and second interface configuration files with the base user interface configuration by applying changes in the first and second interface configuration files to the base user interface configuration to generate a composite user interface configuration by:
• merging the first interface configuration file with the base user interface configuration to generate a temporary composite interface configuration;
• and
• merging the second interface configuration file with the temporary composite interface configuration to generate the composite interface configuration,
• wherein the composite interface configuration includes user interface components from the first interface configuration file, the second interface configuration file, and the base user interface configuration;
• and
• apply the composite user interface configuration to the application at runtime.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request for an application, the request including contextual parameter data;
• retrieving a base user interface configuration corresponding to the application;
• automatically retrieving a first interface configuration file corresponding to the contextual parameter data from a first organizational layer of a layered repository, the layered repository partitioned into one or more organizational layers that store a plurality of interface configuration files associated with the application;
• retrieving a second interface configuration file corresponding to the contextual parameter data from a second organizational layer of the layered repository, wherein the second organizational layer is a memory partition different from the first organizational layer and the second organizational layer utilizes write permissions that differ from the first organizational layer;
• merging the first and second interface configuration files with the base user interface configuration by applying changes in the first and second interface configuration files to the base user interface configuration to generate a composite user interface configuration by:
• merging the first interface configuration file with the base user interface configuration to generate a temporary composite interface configuration;
• and
• merging the second interface configuration file with the temporary composite interface configuration to generate the composite interface configuration,
• wherein the composite interface configuration includes user interface components from the first interface configuration file, the second interface configuration file, and the base user interface configuration;
• and
• applying the composite user interface configuration to the application at runtime.