Method, system and program product for inserting visual controls for data values in web content from a legacy web application without rewriting the legacy web application

摘要

Under the present invention, a request for web content is received from a user in a proxy portlet of a portal server. In response, the proxy portlet will obtain markup for the web content from the appropriate web application(s). Upon receipt, metadata corresponding to the markup will be analyzed to identify a set of (e.g., one or more) data values in the markup, as well as locations in the markup for inserting visual controls for the set of data values. Thereafter, additional markup for the visual controls will be generated and inserted into the markup for the web content at the identified locations without rewriting the web application(s). The portal page will then be aggregated and served to the end user.