Method and apparatus for defining an application to allow polymorphic serialization

• US 9,275,165 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Carter, Wayne, Tadepalli, Sridhar, Yaseen, Rahim
• Primary Examiner(s): Etienne, Ario
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHIU, HO T
• Application Number:
  US13/249,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20120079367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,614 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

An application defined to allow polymorphic serialization. In one embodiment, the application comprises a plurality of page definitions or views. At least one page definition is configured to be serialized into content in a first serialization format and content in a second serialization format that is different from the first serialization.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a receiving circuit for receiving a first page request from a first mobile device, wherein the first page request comprises information that identifies a first serialization format or a second serialization format;

a memory comprising a plurality of page definitions, wherein each of the page definitions comprises metadata that identifies data of a logical data model, and wherein each of the page definitions is configured to be merged with data to be displayed by a mobile device;

a merging circuit for merging a first page definition of the plurality of page definitions with first data of the logical data model to create a first merged page definition, wherein the first data is identified by first metadata of the first page definition;

a selecting circuit for selecting a first circuit or a second circuit based on the information contained in the first page request, wherein the first circuit is configured for serializing the first merged page definition into content in the first serialization format, and wherein the second circuit is configured for serializing the first merged page definition into content in the second serialization format, wherein the first and second serialization formats are distinct from each other.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

the first circuit;

the second circuit.

3. The apparatus of claim 2:

wherein the first page definition comprises a tag and a tag designation that is one of a first type, a second type or a third type;

wherein the first circuit is configured to process the tag in accordance with a first procedure if the tag designation is the first type;

wherein the first circuit is configured to process the tag in accordance with a second procedure if the tag designation is the second type;

wherein the first circuit is configured to process the tag in accordance with a third procedure if the tag designation is the third type;

wherein each of the first, second, and third procedures are distinct from each other.

4. The apparatus of claim 3:

wherein the second circuit is configured to process the tag in accordance with a fourth procedure if the tag designation is the first type;

wherein the second circuit is configured to process the tag in accordance with a fifth procedure if the tag designation is the second type;

wherein the second circuit is configured to process the tag in accordance with a sixth procedure if the tag designation is the third type;

wherein each of the fourth, fifth, and sixth procedures are distinct from each other.

5. The apparatus of claim 1:

wherein the first page definition comprises tags;

wherein each of the tags is designated as one of a first type, second type, or third type.

6. The apparatus of claim 1:

wherein the first page definition comprises tags;

wherein each of the tags is a map, an array, or a property.

7. The apparatus of claim 6:

wherein the first page definition comprises tag designations that designate the tags, respectively, as either a map, an array, or a property.

8. A method comprising:

receiving a first page request from a first mobile device, wherein the first page request comprises information that identifies a first serialization format or a second serialization format;

merging a first page definition with first data of a logical data model to create a first merged page definition, wherein the first data is identified by first metadata of the first page definition, wherein

each of a plurality of page definitions comprises metadata that identifies data of a logical data model,

each of the page definitions is configured to be merged with data to be displayed by a mobile device, and

the plurality of page definitions comprises the first page definition; and

selecting a first circuit or a second circuit based on the information contained in the first page request, wherein the first circuit is configured for serializing the first merged page definition into content in the first serialization format, and wherein the second circuit is configured for serializing the first merged page definition into content in the second serialization format, wherein

the first and second serialization formats are distinct from each other.

9. The method of claim 8:

wherein each of the page definitions comprises tags;

wherein each of the tags is designated as one of a first type, second type, or third type.

10. The method of claim 8:

wherein each of the page definitions comprises tags;

wherein each of the tags is a map, an array, or a property.

11. The method of claim 10:

wherein each of the page definitions comprises tag designations that designate the tags, respectively, as either a map, an array, or a property.