Customizing a form in a model-based system
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- capturing a representation of a first customization of a form without modifying the form in persistent memory and without creating a modified version of the form in persistent storage;
serializing the representation of the first customization to facilitate distribution of the representation; and
rendering the form in a customized state in response to an instruction to render the form by;
retrieving the form, which is not modified in the persistent memory, and the serialized representation of the first customization; and
applying the first customization with respect to a rendering of the form that is retrieved from the persistent memory using one or more processors in response to retrieving the serialized representation of the first customization to render the form in the customized state without modifying the form in persistent memory.
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Abstract
Techniques are described herein for customizing a form (a.k.a. a dialog) in a model-based system. For instance, the form may be customized without the need to modify the form in persistent memory, such as read-only memory (ROM), a hard disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc. A representation of a customization (e.g., an extensible markup language file, a management pack, etc.) regarding the form is captured in memory, such as a random access memory (RAM), and stored in a file or a database. For instance, the representation of the customization may be stored separately from the form. The representation of the customization is retrieved from the file or the database and applied to a rendering of the form.
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1. A method comprising:
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capturing a representation of a first customization of a form without modifying the form in persistent memory and without creating a modified version of the form in persistent storage; serializing the representation of the first customization to facilitate distribution of the representation; and rendering the form in a customized state in response to an instruction to render the form by; retrieving the form, which is not modified in the persistent memory, and the serialized representation of the first customization; and applying the first customization with respect to a rendering of the form that is retrieved from the persistent memory using one or more processors in response to retrieving the serialized representation of the first customization to render the form in the customized state without modifying the form in persistent memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A manager comprising:
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a capture module configured to capture a representation of a first customization of a form without modifying the form in persistent memory; a serialization module configured to serialize the representation of the first customization to facilitate distribution of the representation; a retrieval module configured to retrieve the form, which is not modified in the persistent memory, and the serialized representation of the first customization in response to an instruction to render the form; and an application module configured to apply the first customization with respect to a rendering of the form that is retrieved from the persistent memory based on retrieval of the serialized representation of the first customization to render the form in a customized state without modifying the form in persistent memory. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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capturing a representation of a first customization of a form without modifying the form in persistent memory; implementing the first customization with respect to the form using one or more processors without changing the form and without creating a modified version of the form in persistent storage, including changing values of respective properties that are associated with the form to implement the first customization; and providing a visual representation of the form that includes the first customization implemented with respect to the form from the persistent memory in response to implementing the first customization to render the form in a customized state without modifying the form in persistent memory. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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