Multi-threaded design mechanism and methodology for dynamic menu management in GUI application

A computer implemented method for allowing dynamic generation of display objects when selecting a graphical object in a graphical user interface, comprising steps of:

• selecting at least one graphical object on a graphical user interface display;
• querying a database for data corresponding to the at least one selected graphical object;
• dynamically generating a display object based on the at least one selected graphical object and corresponding data retrieved by the querying step, wherein the generating may be interrupted if a second graphical object is selected prior to completion of the generation of the display object;
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• displaying the display object.

A memory for storing data for access by a graphical user interface application program being executed on a data processing system allowing dynamic generation of display objects when selecting a graphical object, comprising:

• a user interface component stored in memory, the user interface component receiving user input and displaying and selecting graphics objects;
• a query engine component stored in memory, the query engine querying a database for status and data related to graphic objects;
• a display object component stored in a memory, the display object component managing display object structure and displaying display object items in a display;
• a selection thread component stored in memory, the selection thread component requesting queries in synchronous mode to the query engine, and adding items to display objects corresponding to an executing thread, the display object items being based on data retrieved by the query engine and a selected graphic object;
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• a selection manager component stored in memory, the selection manager component managing execution and termination of program threads, and removing display object items corresponding to terminated threads via the display object module.

A computer readable medium containing code sections for storing data for access by a graphical user interface (GUI) application program being executed on a data processing system allowing dynamic generation of display objects when selecting a graphical object, comprising:

• a first code section comprising a user interface component, the user interface component receiving user input and displaying and selecting graphics objects;
• a second code section comprising a query engine component, the query engine querying a database for status and data related to graphic objects;
• a third code section comprising a display object component, the display object component managing display object structure and displaying display object items in a display;
• a fourth code section comprising a selection thread component, the selection thread component requesting queries in synchronous mode to the query engine, and adding items to display objects corresponding to an executing thread, the display object items being based on data retrieved by the query engine and a selected graphic object;
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• a fifth code section comprising a selection manager component, the selection manager component managing execution and termination of program threads, and removing display object items corresponding to terminated threads via the display object module.