A METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING HIERARCHICALLY ASSEMBLABLE AND SELECTABLE MENU ITEMS IN AN OBJECT-ORIENTED TRANSACTIONAL FRAMEWORK

摘要

An aspect of the invention is directed to a computer-implemented method of implementing hierarchically assemblable and selectable menu items in an object-oriented transactional framework. The method may be performed by an application server computer system at run-time. The method comprises the steps of: (i) invoking a tree structure characterizing cooperating objects corresponding to the menu items in response to a request from a client application executing on a client computer for information relating to the cooperating objects; (ii) providing the menu items in a sequentially assembled form for each transaction path of a plurality of transaction paths in the transactional framework beginning with a category object, continuing with a user account object, and ending with an action object of the cooperating objects; and (iii) generating and transferring to the client application codes which are arranged to render the sequentially assembled menu items on a user interface for a display screen of the client computer.