ADFDI SUPPORT FOR CUSTOM ATTRIBUTE PROPERTIES

• US 20160004668A1
• Filed: 06/29/2015
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Rowles, Brian, Li, Shi
• Granted Patent: US 9,948,700 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

In various embodiments, methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed that expand the ability of integrated workbook developers to drive the integrated workbook experience from model metadata by defining custom properties on model attributes and then binding those custom properties to UI component properties in desktop UI components.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at one or more computer systems, a document that references one or more user interface components, at least some of the user interface components corresponding to one or more attributes of a data model within an application server;

receiving, at the one or more computer systems, a value of a property defined by a user on an attribute of the data model, the value comprising an expression;

receiving, at the one or more computer systems, data representing the one or more attributes of the data model from the application server responsive to processing the one or more user interface components;

rendering, with one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, the document using the expression and the data;

wherein one or more user interface elements of the document are rendered in response evaluating the expression.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the expression comprises receiving an expression that conditions a visual style of a model attribute when rendered in the document.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the expression comprises receiving an expression that conditions a size of a model attribute when rendered in the document.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

requesting the value of the property from the application server responsive to processing document metadata that defines the one or more user interface elements.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one user interface component comprises a label, a text field, an image, a checkbox, or a table.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to render a document within a native application as a user interface of a web application, non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

instructions that cause the processor to receive a document that references one or more user interface components, at least some of the user interface components corresponding to one or more attributes of a data model within an application server;

instructions that cause the processor to receive a value of a property defined by a user on an attribute of the data model, the value comprising an expression;

instructions that cause the processor to receive data representing the one or more attributes of the data model from the application server responsive to processing the one or more user interface components;

instructions that cause the processor to render the document using the expression and the data;

wherein one or more user interface elements of the document are rendered in response evaluating the expression.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 wherein the instructions that cause the processor to receive the expression comprise instructions that cause the processor to receive an expression that conditions a visual style of a model attribute when rendered in the document.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 wherein the instructions that cause the processor to receive the expression comprise instructions that cause the processor to receive an expression that conditions a size of a model attribute when rendered in the document.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 further comprising:

instructions that cause the processor to request the value of the property from the application server responsive to processing document metadata that defines the one or more user interface elements.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 wherein at least one user interface component comprises a label, a text field, an image, a checkbox, or a table.

11. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory comprising;

instructions that cause the processor to receive a document that references one or more user interface components, at least some of the user interface components corresponding to one or more attributes of a data model within an application server;

instructions that cause the processor to receive a value of a property defined by a user on an attribute of the data model, the value comprising an expression;

instructions that cause the processor to receive data representing the one or more attributes of the data model from the application server responsive to processing the one or more user interface components;

instructions that cause the processor to render the document using the expression and the data;

wherein one or more user interface elements of the document are rendered in response evaluating the expression.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the instructions that cause the processor to receive the expression comprise instructions that cause the processor to receive an expression that conditions a visual style of a model attribute when rendered in the document.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the instructions that cause the processor to receive the expression comprise instructions that cause the processor to receive an expression that conditions a size of a model attribute when rendered in the document.

14. The system of claim 11 further comprising:

instructions that cause the processor to request the value of the property from the application server responsive to processing document metadata that defines the one or more user interface elements.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein at least one user interface component comprises a label, a text field, an image, a checkbox, or a table.