International Business Machines Corporation

Hans Gunter Dockweiler

Martin Welsch

Joachim Weber

Hans Helmut Diel

Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for mapping a text-oriented user interface to a graphics user interface by automatically altering properties of control elements of a standard Java class library based on changes in the text-oriented user interface so as to dynamically react to changes in the text-oriented user interface to provide an extended Java class library. A graphics user interface corresponding to the text-oriented user interface may then be generated utilizing the extended Java class library so that the graphics user interface automatically reflects the changes in the text-oriented user interface.

Method for mapping a text-oriented user interface to a graphics user interface by means of a class library

In a computer system, the ability to dynamically switch between different user interface types is provided. A directed graph is composed of nodes that each contain user interface information. A first part of the user interface information is common to each of the different user interface types, while a second part of the user interface information corresponds to one of the different user interface types. A presentation front end program selects a user interface type by accessing the user interface information stored in the nodes.

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Sindelfingen, Germany

Hans Gunter Dockweiler