CUSTOMIZING A FORM IN A MODEL-BASED SYSTEM

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processor-based system to customize a form in a model-based system, the computer program logic comprising:
a first program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to capture a representation of a first customization of a form without modifying a version of the form in persistent memory and without creating a modified version of the form in persistent storage; and a second program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to render the form in a customized state in response to an instruction to render the form, the second program logic mobile comprising:
logic for enabling the processor-based system to retrieve the version of the form and the serialized representation of the first customization; andlogic for enabling the processor-based system to apply the first customization with respect to a rendering of the form using the version of the form in response to retrieval of the serialized representation of the first customization to render the form in the customized state without modifying the version of the form in persistent memory and without creating a modified version of the form in persistent storage.