TEMPLATE-BASED DEPLOYMENT OF USER INTERFACE OBJECTS

1 . A method comprising:

receiving a model describing a plurality of user interface elements;

modifying a markup language template based on the model; and

deploying the modified template to a runtime environment.

2 . A method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a second model describing a second plurality of user interface elements;

transforming the second model to a metadata model in accordance with a common metadata framework;

transforming the metadata model to a generic runtime model; and

transforming the generic runtime model to a runtime model associated with a runtime environment.

3 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein modification of the markup language template based on the model comprises:

replacing placeholder fields of the markup language template with data associated with each of the plurality of components.

4 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the model comprises an eXecutable graphical user interface language (XGL) model.

5 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the template conforms to the Web Dynpro specification.

6 . A medium storing processor-executable program code, the program code comprising:

code to receive a model describing a plurality of user interface elements;

code to modify a markup language template based on the model; and

code to deploy the modified template to a runtime environment.

7 . A medium according to claim 6 , the program code further comprising:

code to receive a second model describing a second plurality of user interface elements;

code to transform the second model to a metadata model in accordance with a common metadata framework;

code to transform the metadata model to a generic runtime model; and

code to transform the generic runtime model to a runtime model associated with a runtime environment.

8 . A medium according to claim 6 , wherein the code to modify the markup language template based on the model comprises:

code to replace placeholder fields of the markup language template with data associated with each of the plurality of components.

9 . A medium according to claim 6 , wherein the model comprises an executable graphical user interface language (XGL) model.

10 . A medium according to claim 6 , wherein the template conforms to the Web Dynpro specification.

11 . An apparatus comprising:

a deployment module to:

receive a model describing a plurality of user interface elements;

modify a markup language template based on the model; and

deploy the modified template to a runtime environment.

12 . An apparatus according to claim 11 , the deployment module further to:

receive a second model describing a second plurality of user interface elements;

transform the second model to a metadata model in accordance with a common metadata framework;

transform the metadata model to a generic runtime model; and

transform the generic runtime model to a runtime model associated with a runtime environment.

13 . An apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein modification of the markup language template based on the model comprises:

replacing placeholder fields of the markup language template with data associated with each of the plurality of components.

14 . An apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the model comprises an eXecutable graphical user interface language (XGL) model.

15 . An apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the template conforms to the Web Dynpro specification.