Method and system for capturing user interface structure in a model based software system

A system for capturing device-independent user interface structure in a model based software system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory includes a user interface structure capturing module configured to:
• receive at least one entry point by a business system;
• display a user interface corresponding to the at least one entry;
• capture user interface meta-data associated with the user interface;
• identify at least one event associated with user interface elements as a response to user actions based on the captured user interface meta-data;
• identify a pattern signature in the model based software system for reuse in one or more model based software systems based on an expected behavior of the user interface when the identified at least one event occurs;
• map the identified at least one event to the identified pattern signature, thereby obtaining the device-independent user interface structure in the model based software system;
• and
• identify other user interface elements corresponding to the pattern signature based on the mapping to achieve the expected behavior of the user interface.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for capturing device-independent user interface structure in a model based software system storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

• receiving at least one entry point by a business system;
• displaying a user interface corresponding to the at least one entry point;
• capturing user interface meta-data associated with the user interface;
• identifying at least one event associated with user interface elements as a response to user actions based on the captured user interface meta-data;
• identifying a pattern signature in the model based software system for reuse in one or more model based software systems based on an expected behavior of the user interface when the identified at least one event occurs;
• mapping the identified at least one event to the identified pattern signature, thereby obtaining the device-independent user interface structure in the model based software system;
• and
• identifying other user interface elements corresponding to the pattern signature based on the mapping to achieve the expected behavior of the user interface.