Normalizing a page flow

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10839040-B2
Application number	US-201916288905-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2019
Priority date	Jun 27, 2013
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

A method normalizes a page flow into a portlet. One or more processors generates a portlet based on webpages in the page flow. The webpages are linked together through a navigation control in the portlet to execute a specific business logic. The webpages in the page flow include a first webpage and a second webpage, which are linked via a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The processor(s) build an intra-portlet action based on a linking relationship between the first and second webpages by the portlet. The intra-portlet action is based on the URL that links the first webpage to the second webpage. The URL is located in a JavaScript file for the portlet and indicates a relative path for the portlet. The processor(s) convert the URL indicating the relative path for the portlet into a URL indicating an absolute path, which includes an attached root path for the portlet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for normalizing a page flow into a portlet, the method comprising:
generating, by one or more processors, a first portlet based on webpages in the page flow, wherein the webpages are linked together through a navigation control in the first portlet to execute a specific business logic, wherein webpages in the page flow include a first webpage and a second webpage, and wherein the first webpage is linked to the second webpage via a Uniform Resource Locator (URL);
building, by one or more processors, an intra-portlet action based on a linking relationship between the first and second webpages by the first portlet, wherein the intra-portlet action is based on the URL that links the first webpage to the second webpage, wherein the URL is located in a JavaScript file for the first portlet, and wherein the URL indicates a relative path for the first portlet; and
converting, by one or more processors, the URL indicating the relative path for the first portlet into a URL indicating an absolute path for the first portlet, wherein the absolute path comprises an attached root path for the first portlet.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the URL corresponds to a link to a new window; and
in response to determining that the URL corresponds to the link to the new window, converting the URL into a URL carrying information that describes a layout of the new window that is linked to by the first portlet.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the page flow comprises a set of pages contained in the first portlet and a third page contained in a second portlet, wherein the set of pages comprises a first page and a second page, wherein the second page jumps to the third page in response to an event described in the second page, and wherein the method further comprises:
linking, by one or more processors, the first portlet to the second portlet based on the event described in the second page.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein pages in the page flow that are functionally dependent upon one another are assigned to a same portlet.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein pages in the page flow that are functionally independent of one another are assigned to different portlets.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
building, by one or more processors, the intra-portlet action based on a linking relationship among pages included in the first portlet.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, a page that is to be included into the first portlet and a second portlet; and
incorporating, by one or more processors, the page into the first portlet and the second portlet.

8. A computer system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:
generating a first portlet based on webpages in the page flow, wherein the webpages are linked together through a navigation control in the first portlet to execute a specific business logic, wherein webpages in the page flow include a first webpage and a second webpage, and wherein the first webpage is linked to the second webpage via a Uniform Resource Locator (URL);
building an intra-portlet action based on a linking relationship between the first and second webpages by the first portlet, wherein the intra-portlet action is based on the URL that links the first webpage to the second webpage, wherein the URL is located in a JavaScript file for the first portlet, and wherein the URL indicates a relative path for the first portlet; and
converting the URL indicating the relative path for the first portlet into a URL indicating an absolute path for the first portlet, wherein the absolute path comprises an attached root path for the first portlet.

9. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining that the URL corresponds to a link to a new window; and
in response to determining that the URL corresponds to the link to the new window, converting the URL into a URL carrying information that describes a layout of the new window that is linked to by the first portlet.

10. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the page flow comprises a set of pages contained in the first portlet and a third page contained in a second portlet, wherein the set of pages comprises a first page and a second page, wherein the second page jumps to the third page in response to an event described in the second page, and wherein the method further comprises:
linking the first portlet to the second portlet based on the event described in the second page.

11. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein pages in the page flow that are functionally dependent upon one another are assigned to a same portlet.

12. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein pages in the page flow that are functionally independent of one another are assigned to different portlets.

13. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
building the intra-portlet action based on a linking relationship among pages included in the first portlet.

14. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining a page that is to be included into the first portlet and a second portlet; and
incorporating the page into the first portlet and the second portlet.

15. A computer program product for normalizing a page flow into a portlet, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
generating a first portlet based on webpages in the page flow, wherein the webpages are linked together through a navigation control in the first portlet to execute a specific business logic, wherein webpages in the page flow include a first webpage and a second webpage, and wherein the first webpage is linked to the second webpage via a Uniform Resource Locator (URL);
building an intra-portlet action based on a linking relationship between the first and second webpages by the first portlet, wherein the intra-portlet action is based on the URL that links the first webpage to the second webpage, wherein the URL is located in a JavaScript file for the first portlet, and wherein the URL indicates a relative path for the first portlet; and
converting the URL indicating the relative path for the first portlet into a URL indicating an absolute path for the first portlet, wherein the absolute path comprises an attached root path for the first portlet.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining that the URL corresponds to a link to a new window; and
in response to determining that the URL corresponds to the link to the new window, converting the URL into a URL carrying information that describes a layout of the new window that is linked to by the first portlet.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the page flow comprises a set of pages contained in the first portlet and a third page contained in a second portlet, wherein the set of pages comprises a first page and a second page, wherein the second page jumps to the third page in response to an event described in the second page, and wherein the method further comprises:
linking the first portlet to the second portlet based on the event described in the second page.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wher

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Kaminsky David L
• Liu Ying
• Lv Shuangtao
• Wang Xi Ning
• Yin Rui

Classifications

• G06F16/958 Primary

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