Reversible logic for widget and markup language generation
View Patent ↗Method, apparatus and systems provide reversible logic for widget and markup language generation. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving one or more widgets. The method also includes generating first markup language code having semantics that are independent of a description of the one or more widgets. The method includes receiving second markup language code. The method also includes generating the one or more widgets based on the second markup language code.
1. A method including:
receiving a number of widgets, wherein the number of widgets is associated with a number of reversible templates;
generating descriptor language representative of at least one of the number of widgets using at least one of the number of reversible templates, wherein the descriptor language is independent of attributes of the number of widgets;
updating the descriptor language based on edits to create updated description language;
matching, at least partially, modified parts of the updated descriptor language to at least part of the number of reversible templates and matching any unmatched parts of the updated mark-up with at least one wildcard template, the wildcard template comprising a generic template that matches any tags and data;
selecting a set of matched reversible templates and matched wildcard templates based upon a best match; and
generating updated widgets based on the selected best matched set of reversible templates and matched wildcard templates.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the updated widgets includes generating the updated widgets based on a combination of one or more reversible templates including at least one subtemplate, and at least one wildcard template having an empty property list.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the number of widgets includes receiving the number of widgets generated by a Graphical User Interface application.
4. The method of claim 1 , further including parsing the descriptor language to locate sets of tags, wherein the matching is based on matching of the sets of tags and the data between the sets of tags to the number of reversible templates.
5. A system including:
a machine-readable medium to store a number of widgets, a number of reversible templates and mark-up language;
mark-up language generation logic to generate mark-up language for the number of widgets based on the number of reversible templates associated with the number of widgets, wherein the semantics of the mark-up language do not include a description of the number of widgets;
parser logic to receive an edited version of the mark-up language and to parse the edited mark-up language to locate a modified parts of the mark-up language including at least one set of tags associated with modified data within the edited version;
pattern match logic to select reversible templates by matching the set of tags and the modified data between the set of tags to at least one reversible template and at least one reversible subtemplate of the number of reversible templates, and to match any unmatched portions of the edited mark-up language with one or more wildcard templates forming a best match, the wildcard templates being a generic template that match any tags and data; and
a widget generator to generate one or more widgets based on the best match of reversible templates, subtemplates and wildcard templates.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the widget generator generates the one or more updated widgets based on a combination of reversible templates including at least one subtemplate, and at least one wildcard template having an empty property list.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the best match is based upon a minimum member of wildcard matches.