A computer system for controlling access to an application used to provide a
service
to users in a network and to facilitate feature development in the application.
The system includes a service application including features or feature mechanisms
for providing service functions. The feature mechanisms each include a model interface
portion, a view portion, and a controller portion to separate access to business
model properties and data from content presentation. Memory stores application-specific
data and lists of the feature mechanisms of the application. The system further
includes a portal framework that receives user requests from client devices and
for transmitting responses. The framework processes the request to determine which
feature mechanism is being requested, routes the user request to appropriate feature
mechanism, and builds a response with a content page from the view portion and
a reusable portion built by the framework.
