populating the controls with information from the application object by accessing the properties designated by the dialog description as being associated with the controls;

enabling a user to interact with the dialog, the interactions comprising modifying the scalar controls and vector controls, and adding and/or removing objects from a selected vector property;

modifying information associated with creating and/or destroying controls in the dialog according to the user interaction;

creating and/or destroying objects in object properties in reflection of user addition and/or removal of objects from a vector control;

copying state information from the dialog back into the data model associated with the application object in response to conclusion of the user interaction; and

creating and/or destroying objects in object properties in reflection of user addition and/or removal of objects from a vector control.