Method and mechanism for context driven alteration of UI artifacts instances behavior using expression based pluggable UI aspects

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:

execute an enterprise content management system, including retrieving from a user interface storage a first user interface to an enterprise content management system, wherein the first user interface is in a form which is capable of being executed or run and includes a set of one or more user interface artifacts, and wherein each of the one or more user interface artifacts is a part of the first user interface that defines how the first user interface behaves in response to a user's input and executing the first user interface;

ingest, for each user interface aspect included in a set of one or more user interface aspects, a list of applicable user interface artifacts that are modifiable by the user interface aspect, the list comprising XML code in an applicable to section in the executable code of the user interface aspect;

receive, by the enterprise content management system at runtime, a selection of a user interface artifact from the set of one or more user interface artifacts of the executing first user interface;

determine, for the selected user interface artifact, one or more applicable user interface aspects, including by determining which of the ingested list of applicable user interface artifacts includes the selected user interface artifact;

display the one or more applicable user interface aspects as the set of one or more user interface aspects from which the selected user interface aspect is selected;

receive, by the enterprise content management system at runtime, a selection of a user interface aspect from the set of one or more user interface aspects, wherein each user interface aspect in the set of one or more user interface aspects comprises executable XML code including a configuration section which enables input of information required for execution of the interface aspect and the applicable to section which describes user interface artifacts in the executing first user interface that the interface aspect is capable of modifying; and

at runtime, modify the executing first user interface according to the selected user interface aspect by modifying or replacing JavaScript code of the selected user interface artifact and thereby generate a modified first user interface to the enterprise content management system which is different from the first user interface, including executing the selected user interface artifact in the modified first user interface as modified by the selected user interface aspect, wherein modifying the executing first user interface according to the selected user interface aspect comprises, at runtime, determining that the selected user interface aspect is selected to modify the selected user interface artifact, and executing the code of the selected user interface aspect instead of a corresponding portion of the code of the selected user interface artifact.

2. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the set of one or more user interface artifacts includes one or more of the following: a user interface widget, a date input widget, a text input widget, an actionable widget, an action, a user interface event, a context menu, a page fragment, an action flow, a page, or a step.

3. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the set of one or more user interface artifacts includes a dynamic label aspect associated with changing a label associated with the selected user interface artifact.

4. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the set of one or more user interface artifacts includes a dynamic CSS class aspect associated with changing a CSS class associated with the selected user interface artifact.

5. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein generating the modified first user interface to the enterprise content management system comprises examining each of the set of one or more user interface artifacts included in the first user interface, determining whether any of the set of one or more user interface artifacts included in the first user interface is modified by any of the set of one or more user interface aspects, and executing the set of one or more user interface artifacts included in the first user interface as modified by any of the set of one or more user interface aspects.

6. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein generating the modified first user interface to the enterprise content management system comprises enforcing in the modified first user interface one or more rules that were associated with the first user interface prior to modifying the selected user interface artifact according to the selected user interface aspect.

7. The system recited in claim 6 , wherein the modified first user interface retains at least one of the one or more user interface artifacts included in the first user interface, wherein the at least one of the one or more retained user interface artifacts is unmodified from the first user interface.

8. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein executing the code of the selected user interface aspect comprises evaluating a conditional expression at runtime, identifying the code of the selected user interface aspect based on the evaluated conditional expression, and executing the identified code.

9. A method, comprising:

executing an enterprise content management system application, including retrieving from a user interface storage a first user interface to an enterprise content management system, wherein the first user interface is in a form which is capable of being executed or run and includes a set of one or more user interface artifacts that are parts of the first user interface that define how the first user interface behaves in response to a user's input;

ingesting, for each user interface aspect included in a set of one or more user interface aspects, a list of applicable user interface artifacts that are modifiable by the user interface aspect, the list comprising XML code in an applicable to section in the executable code of the user interface aspect;

receiving at runtime a selection of a user interface artifact from the set of one or more user interface artifacts of the first user interface;

determining, for the selected user interface artifact, one or more applicable user interface aspects, including by determining which of the ingested list of applicable user interface artifacts includes the selected user interface artifact;

displaying the one or more applicable user interface aspects as the set of one or more user interface aspects from which the selected user interface aspect is selected;

receiving a selection of a user interface aspect from the set of one or more user interface aspects, wherein each user interface aspect in the set of one or more user interface aspects comprises executable XML code including a configuration section which enables input of information required for execution of the interface aspect and an applicable to section which describes user interface artifacts in the executing first user interface that the interface aspect is capable of modifying; and

using a processor to modify, at runtime, JavaScript code of the executing first user interface and thereby generate a modified first user interface to the enterprise content management system, including executing the selected user interface artifact in the modified first user interface as modified by the selected user interface aspect, wherein modifying the executing first user interface according to the selected user interface aspect comprises, at runtime, determining that the selected user interface aspect is selected to modify the selected user interface artifact, and executing the code of the selected user interface aspect instead of a corresponding portion of the code of the selected user interface artifact.

10. The method recited in claim 9 , wherein the set of one or more user interface artifacts includes one or more of the following: a user interface widget, a date input widget, a text input widget, an actionable widget, an action, a user interface event, a context menu, a page fragment, an action flow, a page, or a step.

11. The method recited in claim 9 , wherein the set of one or more user interface artifacts includes a dynamic label aspect associated with changing a label associated with the selected user interface artifact.

12. The method recited in claim 9 , wherein the set of one or more user interface artifacts includes a dynamic CSS class aspect associated with changing a CSS class associated with the selected user interface artifact.

13. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

executing an enterprise content management system application, including retrieving from a user interface storage a first user interface to an enterprise content management system, wherein the first user interface is in a form which is capable of being executed or run and includes a set of one or more user interface artifacts that are parts of the first user interface that define how the first user interface behaves in response to a user's input;

ingesting, for each user interface aspect included in a set of one or more user interface aspects, a list of applicable user interface artifacts that are modifiable by the user interface aspect, the list comprising XML code in an applicable to section in the executable code of the user interface aspect;

receiving at runtime a selection of a user interface artifact from the set of one or more user interface artifacts of the first user interface;

determining, for the selected user interface artifact, one or more applicable user interface aspects, including by determining which of the ingested list of applicable user interface artifacts includes the selected user interface artifact;

displaying the one or more applicable user interface aspects as the set of one or more user interface aspects from which the selected user interface aspect is selected;

receiving a selection of a user interface aspect from the set of one or more user interface aspects, wherein each user interface aspect in the set of one or more user interface aspects comprises executable XML code including a configuration section which enables input of information required for execution of the interface aspect and an applicable to section which describes user interface artifacts in the executing first user interface that the interface aspect is capable of modifying; and

at runtime, modifying JavaScript code of the executing first user interface and thereby generating a modified first user interface to the enterprise content management system, including executing the selected user interface artifact in the modified first user interface as modified by the selected user interface aspect, wherein modifying the executing first user interface according to the selected user interface aspect comprises, at runtime, determining that the selected user interface aspect is selected to modify the selected user interface artifact, and executing the code of the selected user interface aspect instead of a corresponding portion of the code of the selected user interface artifact.

14. The computer program product recited in claim 13 , wherein the set of one or more user interface artifacts includes one or more of the following:

a user interface widget, a date input widget, a text input widget, an actionable widget, an action, a user interface event, a context menu, a page fragment, an action flow, a page, or a step.

15. The computer program product recited in claim 13 , wherein the set of one or more user interface artifacts includes a dynamic label aspect associated with changing a label associated with the selected user interface artifact.

16. The computer program product recited in claim 13 , wherein the set of one or more user interface artifacts includes a dynamic CSS class aspect associated with changing a CSS class associated with the selected user interface artifact.