USER INTERFACE COMPONENT WIRING FOR A WEB PORTAL

• US 20160092415A1
• Filed: 06/25/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: JENA, Somyajit, BURNS, Stephen, CLEWLEY, Ross
• Granted Patent: US 10,860,186 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A system that generates a portal web site that includes a plurality of reusable components defines, for each reusable component, metadata for each event raised and generates event wiring for the portal web site. In response to an event being raised by a producer component, the system makes the event available to all consumer components on the portal web site by generating an event context storage. The system then configures each consumer component based on the event.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor generate a portal web site that comprises a plurality of reusable components, the generating comprising:

defining, for each reusable component, metadata for each event raised;

generating event wiring for the portal web site;

in response to an event being raised by a producer component, making the event available to all consumer components on the portal web site by generating an event context storage; and

configuring each consumer component based on the event.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the generating the event context storage comprises storing the event using an expression language (EL).

3. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the configuring comprises using the EL.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein generating event wiring for the portal web site comprises receiving from a user interface which events generated by producer components are of interest to consumer components.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the metadata comprises a unique namespace describing all events, and an enumeration of properties that make up the event.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the reusable components comprise portlets.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the portal web site is created and rendered using JavaServer Faces, and the reusable components comprise Application Development Framework task flows.

8. A method of generating a portal web site that comprises a plurality of reusable components, the method comprising:

defining, for each reusable component, metadata for each event raised;

generating event wiring for the portal web site;

in response to an event being raised by a producer component, making the event available to all consumer components on the portal web site by generating an event context storage; and

configuring each consumer component based on the event.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the generating the event context storage comprises storing the event using an expression language (EL).

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the configuring comprises using the EL.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein generating event wiring for the portal web site comprises receiving from a user interface which events generated by producer components are of interest to consumer components.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the metadata comprises a unique namespace describing all events, and an enumeration of properties that make up the event.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the reusable components comprise portlets.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the portal web site is created and rendered using JavaServer Faces, and the reusable components comprise Application Development Framework task flows.

15. A system for generating a portal web site that comprises a plurality of reusable components, the system comprising:

a processor coupled to a storage medium that define a plurality of modules, the modules comprising;

a defining module that defines metadata for each reusable component for each event raised and generates event wiring for the portal web site;

an event module that, in response to an event being raised by a producer component, makes the event available to all consumer components on the portal web site by generating an event context storage; and

a configure module that configures each consumer component based on the event.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the generating the event context storage comprises storing the event using an expression language (EL).

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the configuring comprises using the EL.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein generating event wiring for the portal web site comprises receiving from a user interface which events generated by producer components are of interest to consumer components.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the metadata comprises a unique namespace describing all events, and an enumeration of properties that make up the event.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the portal web site is created and rendered using JavaServer Faces, and the reusable components comprise Application Development Framework task flows.