Creating customisable applications

• US 20060248097A1
• Filed: 10/04/2005
• Published: 11/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ecensity Corporation (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ecensity Corporation (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Pritchard, John, Poupeney, Olivier
• Application Number:
  US11/243,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20060248097A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

This invention relates to a method for creating an application that corresponds to a set of components, whose execution provides a tailored result according to the usage conditions of the application. The method includes the generation of a set of DOM-type XML documents that include the non-generic logic of the application; the generic logic is associated to Java classes related to certain elements in the DOM. The method according to the invention allows users, in a completely original manner, to easily modify the application without having to recompile all the executables.

Claims

1. A method for creating an application corresponding to a set of components, whose execution provides a tailored result according to the usage conditions of said application, the method comprising:

(a) an initial preliminary stage for creating an application and that further comprises;

defining an initial set of XML documents whose nodes represent said usage conditions;

defining a second set of XML documents whose nodes represent the components of said application;

each of said first and second set comprising XML documents including an initial type of node related to an executable and a second type of node that defines a reference to an XML document of said first and second set of documents;

the documents of the second set including a third type of node that defines a reference to an XML document of the second set and representing a component of the same type;

(b) a second execution stage of said application, which further comprises;

using an interpreter to read a document of the second set for interpreting all of its nodes and the nodes of the referenced documents of said first and second set;

the interpretation of each node of the first type allowing the execution of said related executables;

storing, in an application context, the results of the executions of said executables; and

providing the contents of said application context.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said executable is a Java class.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said execution is performed on a server.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said execution is performed on a client station.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said usage conditions correspond to a user profile.

6. A computer program comprising a set of instructions for implementing the procedure according to claim 1.