Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that dynamically implement method selections based on declarative requirements and interaction scope. Requirements that describe when each of multiple methods that can perform a particular operation should be called can be declared using a declarative syntax. Based upon a program event, the system determines that a request should be made to select a most appropriate method of the available methods to call to perform the particular operation. Upon receiving the request to select the most appropriate method, a sort process is executed that uses an interaction scope of a current user context in combination with a plurality of sort rules to generate a sorted list of the available methods into a particular order based upon appropriateness. A most appropriate method, if any, is returned to the calling application, and then called to perform the particular operation.

Abstract: A system and method providing status information about a task being processed on a computer system is described. The task comprises an operation that blocks user activity, such as a modal task. Status information about the task is obtained during processing of the task on an event thread of a computer system. A status display is generated based upon this status information. The task yields time on the event thread, enabling the status information to be displayed in the user interface of the computer system.

Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that dynamically implement method selections based on declarative requirements and interaction scope. Requirements that describe when each of multiple methods that can perform a particular operation should be called can be declared using a declarative syntax. Based upon a program event, the system determines that a request should be made to select a most appropriate method of the available methods to call to perform the particular operation. Upon receiving the request to select the most appropriate method, a sort process is executed that uses an interaction scope of a current user context in combination with a plurality of sort rules to generate a sorted list of the available methods into a particular order based upon appropriateness. A most appropriate method, if any, is returned to the calling application, and then called to perform the particular operation.