Application management system and method of controlling the same

An information processing method of an information processing apparatus that stores an application program main body and a component class library having a plurality of component classes, comprising:

• registering in a memory, in accordance with a request from the application program main body, first setting information representing a relationship between a first component interface, of a plurality of component interfaces, to initiate a first component class, and a customization point where the first component interface is described in the application program main body;
• registering in the memory, in accordance with a request from the component class library, second setting information representing a relationship between each of the plurality of component interfaces stored in the component class library and all component classes belonging to each respective component interface;
• generating an instance for a customization point by executing a component class selected by a user, the component class selected from component classes belonging to the plurality of component interfaces that correspond to the first component interface described at the customization point;
• embedding the instance generated for the customization point at the customization point in the application program main body;
• and
• executing the application program main body with the instance embedded in the application program main body.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a customization mechanism which causes a computer to execute an information processing method comprising:

• registering in a memory, in accordance with a request from the application program main body, first setting information representing a relationship between a first component interface, of a plurality of component interfaces, to initiate a first component class, and a customization point where the first component interface is described in the application program main body;
• registering in the memory, in accordance with a request from a component class library, second setting information representing a relationship between each of the plurality of component interfaces stored in the component class library and all component classes belonging to each respective component interface;
• generating an instance for a customization point by executing a component class selected by a user, the component class selected from component classes belonging to the plurality of component interfaces that correspond to the first component interface described at the customization point;
• embedding the instance generated for the customization point at the customization point in the application program main body;
• and
• executing the application program main body with the instance embedded in the application program main body.