Context menu fragment management

• US 10,564,811 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2019
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Original Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Inventors: Totale, Sachin Gopaldas, Michael, Deepak, Ansari, Saif Ali
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiusano, Andrew T
• Application Number:
  US16/450,899
• Publication Number:
  US 20190310747A1
• Time in Patent Office: 239 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

Application development can include adding context menu fragment definitions to a web application design; adding a context menu definition to the web application design, the context menu definition including a context menu fragment expression, the context fragment expression executable to output a first context menu fragment identifier from a set of possible context menu fragment identifiers; and generating a web application from the web application design, the web application comprising instructions executable to generate a first context menu portion based on the context menu definition, generate a second context menu portion based on the context menu fragment definition and present a context menu that includes the first and second context menu portions.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer-readable instructions executable to:

receive a plurality of context menu fragment definitions, each of the plurality of context menu fragment definitions associated with a respective context menu fragment identifier, the plurality of context menu fragment definitions including a first context menu fragment definition associated with a first context menu fragment identifier;

receive a context menu definition including a context menu fragment expression, the context menu fragment expression including an operation on first data from a first data source external to the context menu fragment expression;

receive, based on user interaction with a graphical user interface (GUI), an indication to add the context menu definition to a web application design;

add the context menu definition to the web application design;

generate a web application from the web application design, the web application comprising web application instructions executable to;

receive a context menu trigger; and

in response to the context menu trigger;

generate a first context menu portion based on the context menu definition;

execute the context menu fragment expression to output the first context menu fragment identifier from a set of possible context menu fragment identifiers;

based on the first context fragment identifier output from execution of the context menu fragment expression, generate a second context menu portion based on the first context menu fragment definition; and

present a context menu, the context menu including the first context menu portion and the second context menu portion.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions are executable to provide the GUI, the GUI comprising functionality to receive the plurality of context menu fragment definitions and the context menu definition.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions are further executable to:

generate a context menu artifact from the context menu definition, the context menu artifact including the context menu fragment expression;

generate a plurality of context menu fragment artifacts from the plurality of context menu fragment definitions, the plurality of context menu fragment artifacts including a first context menu fragment artifact generated from the first context menu fragment definition; and

include the context menu artifact and plurality of context menu fragment artifacts in the web application.

4. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein the web application instructions are executable to:

obtain the context menu artifact;

obtain the context menu fragment expression from the context menu artifact for execution;

determine that the first context menu fragment artifact is associated with the first context menu fragment identifier output from execution of the context menu fragment expression; and

obtain the first context menu fragment artifact based on the determination that the first context menu fragment artifact is associated with the first context menu fragment identifier output from execution of the context menu fragment expression.

5. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein the web application instructions are executable to generate the first context menu portion based on the context menu definition by generating the first context menu portion from the context menu artifact and wherein the web application instructions are executable to generate the second context menu portion based on the first context menu fragment definition by generating the second context menu portion from the first context menu fragment artifact.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the computer-readable instructions are executable to:

receive an association between the context menu definition and a first data type from a plurality of data types; and

associate the context menu artifact with the first data type in the web application.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the context menu trigger comprises an indication of a user selection of a data type instance and wherein the web application instructions are executable to:

determine that the data type instance is of the first data type; and

obtain the context menu artifact based on the determination that the data type instance is of the first data type.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer-readable instructions are executable to:

receive, based on user interaction with the GUI, a first set of context menu options to include in the context menu definition;

receive, based on user interaction with the GUI, a second set of context menu options to include in the first context menu fragment definition;

include the first set of context menu options in the context menu artifact; and

include the second set of context menu options in the first context menu fragment artifact.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the web application instructions are executable to:

obtain the first set of context menu options from the context menu artifact;

obtain the second set of context menu options from the first context menu fragment artifact;

include the first set of context menu options in the first context menu portion;

include the second set of context menu options in the second context menu portion; and

present the context menu, including the first set of context menu options in the first context menu portion and the second set of context menu options in the second context menu portion, for the data type instance.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable instructions are executable to:

receive, based on user interaction with the GUI, an association between the first context menu fragment definition and a second data type, wherein the second data type is a child data type of the first data type;

associate the first context menu fragment artifact with the second data type in the web application.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the web application instructions are executable to present the context menu for the data type instance of the first data type, the context menu including the second context menu portion generated based on the first context menu fragment artifact associated with the second data type.

12. A method comprising:

in an application developer environment, adding a plurality of context menu fragment definitions to a web application design, each of the plurality of context menu fragment definitions associated with a respective context menu fragment identifier, the plurality of context menu fragment definitions including a first context menu fragment definition associated with a first context menu fragment identifier;

receiving, in the application developer environment, a context menu definition including a context menu fragment expression, the context menu fragment expression including an operation on first data from a first data source external to the context menu fragment expression;

receiving, based on user interaction with a graphical user interface (GUI), an indication to add the context menu definition to the web application design,

adding the context menu definition to the web application design;

automatically generating a web application from the web application design, the web application comprising web application instructions executable to;

receive a context menu trigger; and

in response to the context menu trigger;

generate a first context menu portion based on the context menu definition;

execute the context menu fragment expression to output the first context menu fragment identifier from a set of possible context menu fragment identifiers;

based on the first context fragment identifier output from execution of the context menu fragment expression, generate a second context menu portion based on the first context menu fragment definition; and

present a context menu, the context menu including the first context menu portion and the second context menu portion.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving the plurality of context menu fragment definitions and the context menu definition based on user interaction with the GUI.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein automatically generating the web application from the web application design further comprises:

generating a context menu artifact from the context menu definition, the context menu artifact including the context menu fragment expression;

generating a plurality of context menu fragment artifacts from the plurality of context menu fragment definitions, the plurality of context menu fragment artifacts including a first context menu fragment artifact generated from the first context menu fragment definition; and

including the context menu artifact and plurality of context menu fragment artifacts in the web application.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the web application instructions are executable to:

obtain the context menu artifact;

obtain the context menu fragment expression from the context menu artifact for execution;

determine that the first context menu fragment artifact is associated with the first context menu fragment identifier output from execution of the context menu fragment expression; and

obtain the first context menu fragment artifact based on the determination that the first context menu fragment artifact is associated with the first context menu fragment identifier output from execution of the context menu fragment expression.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the web application instructions are executable to generate the first context menu portion based on the context menu definition by generating the first context menu portion from the context menu artifact and wherein the web application instructions are executable to generate the second context menu portion based on the first context menu fragment definition by generating the second context menu portion from the first context menu fragment artifact.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving, in the application developer environment, an association between the context menu definition and a first data type from a plurality of data types; and

associating the context menu artifact with the first data type in the web application.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the context menu trigger comprises an indication of a user selection of a data type instance and wherein the web application instructions are executable to:

determine that the data type instance is of the first data type; and

obtain the context menu artifact based on the determination that the data type instance is of the first data type.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving, based on user interaction with the GUI, a first set of context menu options to include in the context menu definition;

receiving, based on user interaction with the GUI, a second set of context menu options to include in the first context menu fragment definition;

including the first set of context menu options in the context menu artifact; and

including the second set of context menu options in the first context menu fragment artifact.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the web application instructions are executable to:

obtain the first set of context menu options from the context menu artifact;

obtain the second set of context menu options from the first context menu fragment artifact;

include the first set of context menu options in the first context menu portion;

include the second set of context menu options in the second context menu portion; and

present the context menu, including the first set of context menu options in the first context menu portion and the second set of context menu options in the second context menu portion, for the data type instance.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

receiving, based on user interaction with the GUI, an association between the first context menu fragment definition and a second data type, wherein the second data type is a child data type of the first data type;

associating the first context menu fragment artifact with the second data type in the web application.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the web application instructions are executable to present the context menu for the data type instance of the first data type, the context menu including the second context menu portion generated based on the first context menu fragment artifact associated with the second data type.