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Framework to Support Application Context and Rule Based UI-Control

  • US 20120066620A1
  • Filed: 09/27/2011
  • Published: 03/15/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for providing rule based user interface (UI) control, comprising:

  • after having developed or deployed a software application, defining a rule for a UI element, said UI element to be displayed in the software application, the rule determining a value of a property of the UI element, the property specifying the layout of the UI element,storing the rule by a rule engine to a storage medium, the rule being stored in association with said UI element the rule was defined for,at runtime, receiving from the software application a request to determine the value of the property of the UI element, the request being received by a rule based UI control framework,determining the rule which has been stored in association with the UI element of the request, the determination being executed by the rule based UI control framework,retrieving the determined rule from the storage medium by the rule engine,retrieving said retrieved rule from the rule engine by a runtime service, the runtime service being a service which is executed at runtime of the software application,evaluating, at runtime of the software application, the rule to determine the value of the property of the UI element, the evaluation being executed by the runtime service,setting the value of the property according to the evaluated rule at runtime of the software application,returning the set value of the property to the software application, anddisplaying the UI element by the software application, whereby the layout of the UI element depends on the set value.

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