US 2011/0035732 A1Published application

Method and apparatus for defining and compiling or converting language and user interface system agnostic view definitions to runnable code

OwnerWynne Crismaninventor

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Abstract

A method of converting a declaratively defined and language & user interface platform agnostic view to source or binary computer code that is then used to display the view at application run-time. The method includes processing of the view definition, reading the component definition for each component defined in the view, loading and executing each component builder code module to retrieve the output code for each component, and then integrating the output code for each component into a single output for the view. The method allows for new components to be introduced to the system, unknown at the time of the system's packaging, and it provides means for the view to be fully declarative in nature, including no software instructions of any kind.

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A method for converting or compiling View Definition (“VD”) files to compilable source code or executable binary code (“the Output”) that can be integrated into a software application to produce a view or display at application run-time, comprising the steps of:

reading the VD file by the Build Process (“BP”);
identifying the components in the VD;
loading each component's Component Definition (“CD”) and optionally validating the VD's component declaration;
determining the correct Component Builder Code (“CBC”) for each component and the VD's desired output platform;
loading the CBC if it isn't already loaded for each component in the VD;
calling the entry point for each CBC and each component, passing the portion of the VD that corresponds to the component, and receiving the Output for the component;
assembling the Output for each component into a single Output for the VD file.

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