Method and system for assembling and utilizing components in component object systems

A runtime tool comprising an application engine responsive to an application design definition modelling an application infrastructure for managing component object interactions, wherein said application engine is configured to be operable at runtime automatically to create application view instances from respective application view definitions for managing runtime component object interactions for said application.

A user interface configuration tool for automatically configuring a user interface based on an application design definition modelling an application infrastructure for managing component object interactions, said tool being configured to be operable to cause an application engine to interact with said application design definition for creating application view instances from respective application view definitions and for managing application data, said tool also being configured to be operable to display values held in said application view instances and to permit operations to be invoked.

A method of assembling component objects to form an object-based computer system application in a computer system, said method comprising:

• i) generating a declarative user input interface mechanism providing an input structure for inputting user declarations specifying operative interactions between component objects;
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• ii) automatically generating, in response to input user declarations, an application design definition modelling an application infrastructure for managing component object interactions.

A method of automated management of object interactions in a computer system, comprising:

• responding at runtime to an application design definition, which models an application infrastructure for managing component object interactions, automatically to create application view instances from respective application view definitions for managing runtime component object interactions for said application.

A design tool program on a data storage medium, said design tool program being for assembling component objects to form an object-based computer system application and comprising:

• a declarative user input interface mechanism configured to be operable to provide an input structure for inputting user declarations specifying operative interactions between component objects;
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• a design engine configured to be operable automatically to generate, in response to input user declarations, an application design definition modelling an application infrastructure for managing component object interactions.

A runtime tool program on a data storage medium, said runtime tool program comprising an application engine responsive to an application design definition modelling an application infrastructure for managing component object interactions, wherein said application engine is configured to be operable at runtime automatically to create application view instances from respective application view definitions for managing runtime component object interactions for said application.

An object-based computer system comprising a design tool program, said design tool program being for assembling component objects to form an object-based computer system application and comprising:

• a declarative user input interface mechanism configured to be operable to provide an input structure for inputting user declarations specifying operative interactions between component objects;
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• a design engine configured to be operable automatically to generate, in response to input user declarations, an application design definition modelling an application infrastructure for managing component object interactions.