Portal Designer Drag-and-Drop Interface for XML Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The generation of portals is a complex and time-consuming process requiring significant development effort, involving the creation of multiple files and manual placement of components, making it cumbersome for developers to create working portal applications.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user interface-based portal designer and administration tool facilitate the generation of portals through drag-and-drop functionality, allowing for the creation and modification of portal descriptions in XML, which can be deployed as part of a web application, enabling efficient configuration and integration of portal components without direct communication with business platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If developers manually create and configure portal files (XML, JSP, deployment descriptors, etc.), then portals can be deployed to business platforms, but the development process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a portal design tool as an intermediary between the developer and the business platform. This tool automatically generates the necessary portal files (XML, JSP, deployment descriptors) and handles file placement, eliminating the need for developers to manually create and configure each file. The design tool mediates the complex deployment process by translating user-friendly portal definitions into the required technical artifacts.
Solution Approach 2:
The portal design tool enables self-service portal creation by automatically generating all necessary configuration files and deploying them without requiring manual intervention for file creation, configuration, or placement. The system serves itself by automatically managing the entire portal deployment lifecycle from design to deployment.
2Ease of manufacture
If developers manually create multiple configuration files and determine directory placements, then complete portal applications can be built, but the process becomes cumbersome and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate tasks (creating XML files, JSP files, deployment descriptors, determining directory structures, and placing files) into a single integrated portal design tool. This consolidation eliminates the need for developers to handle each file type and directory placement separately, significantly simplifying the overall portal creation process while maintaining the ability to produce complete, deployable portal applications.
3Ease of operation
If a graphical user interface with drag-and-drop functionality is implemented, then portal configuration becomes user-friendly and efficient, but additional software components are required
Solution Approach 1:
The graphical user interface with drag-and-drop functionality serves as an intermediary layer that simplifies portal configuration. While this adds a software component, it eliminates the need for developers to directly interact with complex file systems and configuration syntax, providing a user-friendly interface that abstracts away the underlying complexity while maintaining full portal creation capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
A portal can be generated using a portal designer allowing dragging and dropping of components into a display. The dragging and dropping of components can initiate the update of a display, such as a design view and/or a hierarchal display and the update of a portal file. The portal file can be used to generate the portal. The portal designer can include a property editor window for editing a selected component.