USING A BACKEND SIMULATOR TO TEST AND DEVELOP XFORMS TEMPLATES BEFORE LINKING THE XFORMS TEMPLATES TO BACKEND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A method for developing XForms interfaces comprising:
- in at least one of a development or test stage, binding an XForms template to a backend simulator;
conveying the XForms template to remotely located clients;
receiving data instances associated with the XForms template from the remotely located clients; and
routing the data instances to the backend simulator for processing.
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Abstract
A solution for developing XForms projects can bind an XForms template to a backend simulator, during a development or test stage of a software development. The XForms template can be developed by an interface designer, such as a business analyst. The XForms template can be conveyed to remotely located clients. Data instances associated with the XForms template can be received and routed to the backend simulator for processing. An integration code developer can later integrate the XForms templates to a backend server instead of to the backend simulator. Accordingly, the solution accelerates XForms based development projects by decoupling XForms interface development from XForms system integration development, which are typically handled by different people having different skill sets.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for developing XForms interfaces comprising:
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in at least one of a development or test stage, binding an XForms template to a backend simulator; conveying the XForms template to remotely located clients; receiving data instances associated with the XForms template from the remotely located clients; and routing the data instances to the backend simulator for processing. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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2. A method for developing XForms interfaces comprising:
binding the XForms template to a backend server instead of to the backend simulator, before an operational stage, wherein during the operational stage, user input provided in fields of the XForms template is conveyed to the backend server. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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14. A method for developing XForms based software projects comprising:
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providing a software development tool to an interface designer to develop XForms templates, wherein said software development tool permits developed XForms templates to be automatically bound to a backend simulator without a human software designer creating code specific to the XForms template; and deploying XForms templates bound to the backend simulator to an XForms server, which routes client supplied data associated with the deployed XForms templates to the backend simulator. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. An XForms software development tool comprising:
a backend simulator for XForms templates, wherein the backend simulator is configured to receive and process input from clients using the XForms templates before the XForms templates are bound to a backend server. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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