Method of encapsulating diverse user interface components while consistently enforcing external constraints

摘要

A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium encapsulate user interface components that collect data for a case management solution, while consistently enforcing metadata and constraints. Multiple types of interactive documents are supported, and a configuration indicates the type whose user interface components are to be encapsulated. A wrapper widget is created based on the interactive document type and implements an interface that enables it to interact externally with the case management environment and internally with the interactive document. The wrapper widget injects case property data values, metadata and/or constraints from the case management environment into the interactive document, which then enables editing of the case property data values and the effecting of the metadata and/or enforcing of the constraints. The wrapper widget is responsive to requests from the case management environment to validate and persist the interactive document to a case of the case management solution.

主权项

1. An apparatus for encapsulation of user interface components in a case management environment of a computer system comprising:
(a) a computer having a memory; (b) an application executing on the computer, wherein the application is configured to:
(1) create a wrapper widget based on the type of an indicated interactive document and an abstract user interface widget definition;(2) pass, using the wrapper widget, a first case property list and at least one of a case property metadata list and a case property constraint list from the case management environment to the indicated interactive document;(3) render, using the wrapper widget, the indicated interactive document;(4) pass, using the wrapper widget, at least one of a second case property list and an invalid case property list from the indicated interactive document to the case management environment.