Web application generator

• US 8,402,427 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2006
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zarbana Digital Fund LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gutenberg Printing LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Chiang, Hiang-Swee
• Primary Examiner(s): Bullock, Jr., Lewis A
• Assistant Examiner(s): GOORAY, MARK A
• Application Number:
  US11/512,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20060294500A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,394 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 717/106
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/41 Compilation

Abstract

A method, system and apparatus for providing a web application or to generate the basis for a complete web application source code. Based on user interface input files provided by graphic designers, the web application or generates application framework code, an event handler skeleton and s logic foundation code. Web developers then prepare additional source code object-oriented programming language based on the event handler skeleton and business logic foundation code to create web application business logic objects and handler methods. Ultimately the graphical user interface input files prepared by the designers and web application source code prepared by the web developers dynamically bound at runtime.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating source code for a web application, the generating including;

parsing an input file;

identifying an input tag responsive to the parsing;

identifying an attribute corresponding to the identified input tag;

identifying a value corresponding to the identified attribute; and

using the identified input tag, the identified attribute, and the identified value to identify a rule; and

using the identified rule, the identified input tag, the identified attribute˜ and

the identified value to generate an event handler code.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the source code comprises graphical user interface (GUI) code, application framework code, the event handler code, and application business logic code.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the application framework code is configured to provide instruction to an operating system of a web application server.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing a framework for finalizing the source code using an event handler skeleton, business logic code, and GUI code.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the event handler code comprises an event handler object that is configured to accept a request from an HTML input tag with JLMClick name and submit type attributes.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the input file to a web application generator that is configured to perform the parsing, identifying, and using.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising employing the web application generator to read the input file and create an object representation of the input file for subsequent manipulation responsive to the reading.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising employing the web application generator to analyze the content of the input file and select the input tag from a prescribed group of input tags responsive to the analysis.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the prescribed group of input tags comprises a comment tag, a password tag, an LMShowView tag, an include tag, an ext area tag, a JLMShowParentView tag, a variable tag, a select tag, a repeat tag, an output tag, a checkbox tag, an if else tag, a frame tag, a radio tag, an anchor tag, a hidden tag, a form tag, a JLMClick tag, a text tag, and a JLVDefaultClick tag.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising, after selecting the input tag, employing the web application generator to search for the attribute within the input tag.

11. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

generating source code for a web application, the generating including;

parsing an input file;

identifying an input tag responsive to the parsing;

identifying an attribute corresponding to the identified input tag;

identifying a value corresponding to the identified attribute; and

using the identified input tag, the identified attribute, and the identified value to identify a rule; and

using the identified rule, the identified input tag, the identified attribute, and the identified value to generate an event handier code.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 11, wherein the source code comprises graphical user interface (GUI) code, application framework code, the event handler cod, and application business logic code.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 12, wherein the application framework code is configured to provide instruction to an operating system of a web application server.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise providing a framework for finalizing the source code using an event handler skeleton, business logic code and GUI code.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 11, wherein the event handler code comprises an event handler object that is configured to accept a request from an HTML input tag with JLMClick name and submit type attributes.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise providing the input file to a web application generator that is configured to perform the parsing, the identify, and the using.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise employing the web application generator to read the input file and create an object representation of the input file for subsequent manipulation responsive to the reading.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise employing the web application generator to analyze the content of the input file and select the input tag from a prescribed group of input tags responsive to the analysis.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 18, wherein the prescribed group of input tags comprises a comment tag, a password tag, an LMShowView tag, an include tag, an ext area tag, a JLMShowParentView tag, a variable tag, a select tag, a repeat tag, an output tag, a checkbox tag, an if else tag, a frame tag, a radio tag, an anchor tag, a hidden tag, a form tag, a JLMClick tag, a text tag, and a JLVDefaultClick tag.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise after selecting the input tag, employing the web application generator to search for the attribute within the input tag.

21. An apparatus, comprising:

means for generating source code for a web application;

means for parsing an input file;

means for identifying an input tag responsive to the parsing;

means for identifying an attribute corresponding to the identified input tag;

means for identifying a value corresponding to the identified attribute; and

means for using the identified input tag, the identified attribute, and the identified value to identify a rule; and

means for generating an event handler code using the identified rule, the identified input tag, the identified attribute, and the identified value.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the source code comprises graphical user interface (GUI) code, application framework code, the event handler code, and application business logic code.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the application framework code is configured to provide instruction to an operating system of a web application server.

24. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising means for providing a framework for finalizing the source code using an event handler skeleton, business logic code, and GUI code.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the event handler code comprises an event handler object that is configured to accept an HTML input tag with JLMClick name and submit type attributes.

26. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising means for providing the input file to a web application generator.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising means for employing the web application generator to create an object representation of the input file for subsequent manipulation.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, further comprising means for employing the web application generator to select the input tag from a prescribed group of input tags.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the prescribed group of input tags comprises a comment tag, a password tag, an LMShowView tag, an include tag, an ext area tag, a JLMShowParentView tag, a variable tag, a select tag, a repeat tag, an output tag, a checkbox tag, an if else tag, a frame tag, a radio tag, an anchor tag, a hidden tag, a form tag, a JLMClick tag, a text tag, and a JLVDefaultClick tag.

30. The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising means for employing the web application generator to search for the attribute within the input tag.