Patent ID: 8281283
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method executed by one or more processors, the method comprising: calling, during runtime by a model-oriented application at an application server, a first Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) that was imported into the model-oriented application at design time, the first EJB having a model representation that was created and persisted, along with additional metadata of the modeled EJB, at design time, the model representation of the EJB having been declaratively bound to a user interface of the application, and typed classes having been generated at design time to provide access to the modeled EJB from application code; accessing, during runtime by the model-oriented application at an application server, a second EJB, the second EJB having been deployed but not imported into the model-oriented application during design time, the second EJB having been at least one of modified and extended relative to an originally imported EJB, a generic model component providing dynamic access to the second EJB during runtime; detecting, by the generic model component at runtime, at least one new field of the second EJB, the at least one new field being added as part of the modification or extension to the second EJB; adding, by the generic model component at runtime, the at least one new field to a table of metadata provided by a metadata provider, the metadata provider providing adaptability, field labels, and field lengths for types used by the second EJB; and consuming, by the model-oriented application at runtime, the second EJB without re- importing or re-compiling the second EJB.