System and methods for loading an application and its modules in a client device
View Patent ↗A method of dynamically loading a module into an application that includes receiving from a configuration file a list of available modules; retrieving for each available module, a mapping of a URL pattern to a callback function associated with the available module; and adding the mapping of the URL pattern to a collection of URL patterns associated with the application.
1. A method of dynamically loading a module into an application, comprising:
receiving a request from a user to access the application; and
upon receiving the request, creating the application at runtime by:
receiving from a configuration file a list of available modules to be loaded to the application upon execution of the application; and
loading each available module in the list of available modules into the application by:
retrieving a mapping of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) pattern to a callback function associated with each of the available modules; and
adding the mapping of the URL pattern to a collection of URL patterns associated with the application.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving at least one of a caption and an image associated with each available module.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying in a user interface a component linking to each available module.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a module interface associated with one of the available modules.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a location of the module is a location of an initial user interface element of the module.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collection of URL patterns is a data structure.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the data structure is a hash.
8. A method for dynamically loading one or more modules into an application, comprising:
receiving a request from a user to run the application; and
upon receiving the request, initializing the application at runtime by:
determining, based upon an identifier, the one or more modules to be loaded into the application running on a client device; and
loading each of the one or more modules into the application by:
retrieving a mapping of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) pattern to a callback function associated with the one or more modules; and
adding the mapping of the URL pattern to a collection of URL patterns associated with the application.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising requesting the identifier from the user.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying a user-selectable module list to the user, the user-selectable module list containing at least one of an image and caption associated with each of the loaded modules.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the user-selectable module list is a drop down menu.
12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying a module interface associated with at least one of the loaded modules.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the displayed module interface is an initial rendered state of the at least one of the loaded modules.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the displayed module interface is a last rendered state of the at least one of the loaded modules.
15. The method of claim 8 , further comprising retrieving an icon for each of the one or more modules.
16. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining the one or more modules to be loaded for the application is performed when the application is requested by the user.
17. The method of claim 8 , wherein the identifier identifies the device.
18. The method of claim 8 , wherein the identifier identifies the user.
19. A method for accessing modules in an application, comprising:
while executing a first module, receiving, from a user, a request to execute a second module;
determining if the second module has been previously executed by the user;
if the second module is determined to have been previously executed by the user, retrieving a last rendered state of the second module, the last rendered state referring to a last state of the second module displayed to the user;
updating a user interface with the last rendered state of the second module;
receiving from the user a request for access to the first module while executing the second module;
saving a most recent rendered state of second module;
retrieving a last rendered state of the first module; and
updating the user interface with the last rendered state of the first module.