US 8,046,737 B2 · XML application framework

Abstract

The present invention relates to an XML application framework (XAF). XAF applications are data driven such that all operations with the computer system are data focused. In addition, the components used in the XAF application are instantiated and connected according to how the data is displayed and what type of data is used. Applications within XAF comprise a user interface (UI) connector, an action module, and a data connector. UI connectors receive UI events and connect the UI event to an action module. The action module generates a standard format action from the UI event and sends it to the data connector. The data connector translates the standard format action into a data-specific action that changes data in a data store. A data connector then sends a standard format data representation corresponding to the changed data back to the UI connector to provide the changed data to the UI.

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A computer implemented method for acting upon an event in an application within a computer, the method comprising:

instantiating at least one component of the application;
connecting the at least one component of the application to at least one other component of the application according to declarative rules, wherein connecting the at least one component of the application to the at least one other component of the application comprises connecting at least two application components according to the declarative rules to form at least one component domain, the at least one component domain grouping application components associated with a particular functionality of the application, wherein the grouped application components within the at least one component domain are configured to be regrouped in response to at least one event received by the application;
and
if the at least one component is formed into at least two sets of components,
constraining a first set of components to a first phase domain characterized by a first phase space, and
constraining a second set of components to a second phase domain characterized by a second phase space.

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A computer-readable storage medium that is not a signal having a set of instructions which when executed perform method for acting upon an event in an application within a computer, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

providing declarative rules for structuring at least one component of the application;
instantiating the at least one component, the at least one component including a user interface (UI) component;
connecting the at least one component of the application to at least one other component of the application according to the declarative rules, wherein connecting the at least one component of the application to the at least one other component of the application comprises connecting at least two application components according to the declarative rules to form at least one component domain, the at least one component domain being associated with a particular functionality of the application and being reconfigurable in response to at least one event received by the application;
receiving an incoming UI event from the UI component;
generating a standard format action based on the UI event;
changing data in a data store according to the standard format action;
generating a standard data representation for the changed data;
and
providing an outgoing UI event, based on the standard data representation, to the UI component for presentation of the changed data.

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instantiating the at least one component, the at least one component including a user interface (UI) component;
connecting the at least one component of the application to at least one other component of the application according to a set of declarative rules, wherein connecting the at least one component of the application to the at least one other component of the application comprises connecting at least two application components according to the set of declarative rules to form at least one component domain, the at least one component domain grouping application components associated with a particular functionality of the application, the set of declarative rules comprising rules for reconfiguring the at least one component domain in response to at least one event received by the application;
receiving an incoming UI event from the UI component;
determining, based on the set of declarative rules, if reconfiguring of the at least one component domain is required in response to the received UI event;
reconfiguring, if determined that reconfiguring is required, the at least one component domain;
invoking the at least one component domain corresponding to the particular functionality associated with the UI event;
generating an action based on the UI event;
changing data in a data store according to the action;
generating a data representation for the changed data;
and
providing an outgoing UI event, based on the data representation, to the UI component for presentation of the changed data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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