METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXTENDING A LAYOUT TEMPLATE OF AN APPLICATION COMPONENT

• US 20170185577A1
• Filed: 12/19/2016
• Published: 06/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: CHEN, Shuting, CHANG, Min, MA, Lei
• Application Number:
  US15/383,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20170185577A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4488 Object-oriented

Abstract

The present application provides a method and a device for extending a layout template of a component. The method includes determining an inheritance relationship between a component to be extended and an existing component, generating extension information of the component to be extended according to the inheritance relationship, where the extension information includes identification (ID) information of the existing component, the inheritance relationship, and content to be extended. The method further includes acquiring a layout template object of the existing component according to the ID information of the existing component, where the layout template object is configured with at least one element item of the corresponding component, and updating the element item in the layout template object according to the inheritance relationship and the content to be extended to obtain a layout template object. A layout template is extended using an inheritance relationship between objects to simplify the management of the layout templates and the complexity of maintenance and updates.

Claims

1. A method for updating a layout template of a component based on an inheritance relationship, the method comprising:

determining the inheritance relationship between the component and an existing component;

generating extension information for the component to be extended based on the inheritance relationship, wherein the extension information comprises identification information of the existing component, the inheritance relationship, and content to be extended;

acquiring a layout template object of the existing component based on the identification information of the existing component, wherein the layout template object is configured using at least one element item of a corresponding component; and

updating the element item in the layout template object to obtain a second layout template object for the component using the inheritance relationship and the content to be extended.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the inheritance relationship comprises at least one of:

an extending relationship and an overriding relationship.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the inheritance relationship is an extending relationship, and the updating the element item in the layout template object to obtain a second layout template object for the component using the inheritance relationship and the content to be extended comprises:

determining a target element item according to the content to be extended; and

adding the content to be extended to the target element item using the layout template object of the existing component.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the inheritance relationship is an overriding relationship, and the updating the element item in the layout template object to obtain a second layout template object for the component using the inheritance relationship and the content to be extended comprises:

determining a target element item according to the content to be extended; and

overwriting the target element item with the content to be extended using the layout template object of the existing component.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one element item comprises at least one basic attribute item and a sub-component list item.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the basic attribute item comprises a keyword used to determine a position relationship among sub-components, and when the content to be extended is the sub-component list item, the configuration information further comprises a first keyword used to determine a position relationship between a new sub-component and an existing sub-component, and the method further comprises:

determining a position of the new sub-component in the sub-component list item according to the first keyword; and

adding the new sub-component to a position in the sub-component list item according to the position.

7. A device for updating a layout template of a component, comprising:

a determining module, configured to determine an inheritance relationship between a component and an existing component;

a generation module, configured to generate extension information of the component according to the inheritance relationship, wherein the extension information comprises identification information of the existing component, the inheritance relationship, and content to be extended;

an acquiring module, configured to acquire a layout template object of the existing component according to the identification information of the existing component, wherein the layout template object is configured with at least one element item of the corresponding component; and

an update module, configured to update the element item in the layout template object according to the inheritance relationship and the content to be extended to obtain a layout template object of the component.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the inheritance relationship comprises at least one of an extending relationship and an overriding relationship.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the inheritance relationship is an extending relationship, and the update module is configured to:

determine a target element item according to the content to be extended; and

add the content to be extended to the target element item on the basis of the layout template object of the existing component.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the inheritance relationship is an overriding relationship, and the update module is then configured to:

determine a target element item according to the content to be extended; and

override the target element item based on the layout template object of the existing component using the content to be extended.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the at least one element item comprises at least one basic attribute item and a sub-component list item.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the basic attribute item comprises a keyword used to determine a position relationship among sub-components, the content to be extended is the sub-component list item, the configuration information further comprises a keyword used to determine a position relationship between a new sub-component and an existing sub-component, and the update module is further configured to:

determine a position of the new sub-component in the sub-component list item according to the keyword; and

add the new sub-component to the position in the sub-component list item.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein the component is displayed using the layout template object.

14. A device for updating a layout template of a component, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory that determines an inheritance relationship between a component and an existing component stored in the memory, generates extension information for the component to be extended according to the inheritance relationship, wherein the extension information comprises identification information of the existing component, the inheritance relationship, and content to be extended, acquires a layout template object of the existing component according to the identification information of the existing component, wherein the layout template object is configured using at least one element item of the corresponding component, and updates the element item in the layout template object according to the inheritance relationship and the content to be extended to obtain a layout template object of the component.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the inheritance relationship comprises at least one of an extending relationship and an overriding relationship.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the inheritance relationship is an extending relationship, and the processor:

determines a target element item according to the content to be extended; and

adds the content to be extended to the target element item on the basis of the layout template object of the existing component.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the inheritance relationship is an overriding relationship, and the processor:

determines a target element item according to the content to be extended; and

overrides the target element item on based on the layout template object of the existing component using the content to be extended.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the at least one element item comprises at least one basic attribute item and a sub-component list item.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the basic attribute item comprises a keyword used to determine a position relationship among sub-components, when the content to be extended is the sub-component list item, the configuration information further comprises a keyword used to determine a position relationship between a new sub-component and an existing sub-component, and the processor:

determines a position of the new sub-component in the sub-component list item according to the keyword used to determine the position relationship between the new sub-component and the existing sub-component; and

adds the new sub-component to a corresponding position in the sub-component list item according to the position.

20. The device of claim 14, wherein the component to be extended is displayed using the layout template object.