System, Method, and Architecture for Displaying a Document

A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions stored thereon, the instructions capable of execution by a processor and defining the steps of:

• receiving data defining a document from an online document processing service;
• identifying a plurality of elements within the document;
• generating, for each of the plurality of elements, a respective object comprising a layout function and a render function;
• invoking an object corresponding to an element, to generate layout data associated with the element;
• and
• rendering the element based on the layout data.

A system comprising:

• a document stored in a memory, the document comprising a plurality of elements;
• a plurality of first objects stored in the memory, each object corresponding to a respective element and comprising a layout function for laying out the respective element and a render function for rendering the respective element;
• and
• a second object, corresponding to the document and stored in the memory, for activating at least one of the first objects to layout and render a corresponding element.