Postback input handling by server-side control objects

A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave by a computing system and encoding a computer program for executing a computer process performing server-side processing of postback input received from a client and associated with a client-side user interface element, the computer process comprising:

• examining the postback input received from the client to determine a hierarchical identifier of a target server-side control object in a server-side control hierarchy;
• identifying the target server-side control object in the server-side control hierarchy based on the hierarchical identifier of the target server-side control object;
• passing the postback input received from the client to the target server-side control object;
• and
• processing the postback input received from the client and passed to the target server-side control object.

A computer program storage medium readable by a computer system and encoding a computer program for executing a computer process performing server-side processing of postback input received from a client and associated with a client-side use r interface element, the computer process comprising:

• examining the postback input received from the client to determine a hierarchical identifier of a target server-side control object in a server-side control hierarchy;
• identifying the target server-side control object in the server-side control hierarchy based on the hierarchical identifier of the target server-side control object;
• passing the postback input received from the client to the target server-side control object;
• and
• processing the postback input received from the client and passed to the target server-side control object.

A computer program product for processing postback input received from a client and associated with a client-side user interface element, the computer process comprising:

• receiving a hierarchical identifier associated with the target server-side control object;
• creating a plurality of server-side control objects in a server-side control hierarchy, the server-side control hierarchy including a target server-side control object associated with the client-side user interface element;
• identifying the target server-side control object within the server-side control hierarchy, based on the hierarchical identifier;
• passing the postback input to the target server-side control object;
• processing the postback input received by target server-side control object;
• and
• generating authoring language data from the plurality of server-side control objects to define a web page for display on a client.

A method comprising:

• receiving at a server input data from a client, the input data being associated with an individual client-side user interface element on the client;
• generating a hierarchy of server-side control objects on the server, each server-side control object corresponding to a client-side user interface element on the client;
• identifying, using a hierarchical identifier received from the client, a server-side control object in the hierarchy to which the individual client-side user interface element corresponds;
• and
• processing the input data using the identified server-side control object.

A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for executing a computer process, the computer process comprising:

• receiving at a server input data from a client, the input data being associated with an individual client-side user interface element on the client;
• generating a hierarchy of server-side control objects on the server, each server-side control object corresponding to a client-side user interface element on the client;
• identifying, using a hierarchical identifier received from the client, a server-side control object in the hierarchy to which the individual client-side user interface element corresponds;
• and
• processing the input data using the identified server-side control object.