Model driven user interface

A data processing system adapted for user interface generation in a model driven architecture (MDA) architected application, the system comprising:

• a host computing platform comprising one or more computers, each comprising memory and at least one processor;
• and,
• a user interface generation module comprising computer program instructions enabled while executing in the host computing platform to perform:
• defining in the memory of the host computing platform, a multiplicity of job functions in a model for an instance of an MDA architected application, each job function referencing one or more user interface (UI) experiences for the application, each of the UI experiences comprising a single menu and one or more screens, each of the screens comprising one or more UI components;
• associating in the memory each of multiple different end users of the instance of the application with one or more of the job functions;
• receiving an event on an event bus of the host computing platform servicing the instance, the event specifying one of the end users;
• and,
• responding to the event in an event handler for user interface events in the instance of the application by selecting one of the UI experiences corresponding to one of the defined job functions for the specified one of the end users, retrieving a screen of the selected one of the UI experiences based upon the event and transmitting, to a client computer of the specified one of the end users, a specification of a graphical UI representative of the retrieved screen and including the single menu for the selected one of the UI experiences.

A computer program product for user interface generation in a model driven architecture (MDA) architected application, the computer program product including a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to perform a method including:

• defining in memory of a host computing platform, a multiplicity of job functions in a model for an instance of an MDA architected application, each job function referencing one or more user interface (UI) experiences for the application, each of the UI experiences comprising a single menu and one or more screens, each of the screens comprising one or more UI components;
• associating in the memory each of multiple different end users of the instance of the application with one or more of the job functions;
• receiving an event on an event bus of the host computing platform servicing the instance, the event specifying one of the end users;
• and,
• responding to the event in an event handler for user interface events in the instance of the application by selecting one of the UI experiences corresponding to one of the defined job functions for the specified one of the end users, retrieving a screen of the selected one of the UI experiences based upon the event and transmitting, to a client computer of the specified one of the end users, a specification of a graphical UI representative of the retrieved screen and including the single menu for the selected one of the UI experiences.