diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/ActionBar.php b/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/ActionBar.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Businessprocess\Web\Component;
+
+class ActionBar extends Container
+{
+    protected $separator = ' ';
+
+    protected $attributes = array('class' => 'action-bar');
+}
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diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/Attribute.php b/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/Attribute.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Businessprocess\Web\Component;
+
+class Attribute extends Component
+{
+    /** @var string */
+    protected $name;
+
+    /** @var string|array */
+    protected $value;
+
+    /**
+     * Attribute constructor.
+     *
+     * @param $name
+     * @param $value
+     */
+    public function __construct($name, $value)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+        $this->value = $value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $name
+     * @param $value
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public static function create($name, $value)
+    {
+        return new static($name, $value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getValue()
+    {
+        return $this->value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function render()
+    {
+        return sprintf(
+            '%s="%s"',
+            $this->renderName(),
+            $this->renderValue()
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function renderName()
+    {
+        return static::escapeName($this->name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function renderValue()
+    {
+        return static::escapeValue($this->value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $name
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function escapeName($name)
+    {
+        // TODO: escape
+        return (string) $name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $value
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function escapeValue($value)
+    {
+        // TODO: escape
+        return (string) $value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/Attributes.php b/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/Attributes.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Businessprocess\Web\Component;
+
+use Icinga\Exception\IcingaException;
+
+class Attributes extends Component
+{
+    /**
+     * @var Attribute[]
+     */
+    protected $attributes;
+
+    /**
+     * Attributes constructor.
+     * @param Attribute[] $attributes
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $attributes = null)
+    {
+        $this->attributes = array();
+        if (empty($attributes)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($attributes as $key => $value) {
+            if ($value instanceof Attribute) {
+                $this->addAttribute($value);
+            } elseif (is_string($key)) {
+                $this->add($key, $value);
+            } elseif (is_array($value) && count($value) === 2) {
+                $this->add(array_shift($value), array_shift($value));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Attribute[] $attributes
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public static function create(array $attributes = null)
+    {
+        return new static($attributes);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Attributes|array|null $attributes
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public static function wantAttributes($attributes)
+    {
+        if ($attributes instanceof Attributes) {
+            return $attributes;
+        } else {
+            $self = new static();
+            if (is_array($attributes)) {
+                foreach ($attributes as $k => $v) {
+                    $self->add($k, $v);
+                }
+
+                return $self;
+
+            } elseif ($attributes !== null) {
+                throw new IcingaException(
+                    'Attributes, Array or Null expected, got %s',
+                    $self->getPhpTypeName($attributes)
+                );
+            }
+            return $self;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Attribute[]
+     */
+    public function attributes()
+    {
+        return $this->attributes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Attribute|string $attribute
+     * @param string|array $value
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function add($attribute, $value = null)
+    {
+        if ($attribute instanceof static) {
+            foreach ($attribute as $a) {
+                $this->add($a);
+            }
+
+            return $this;
+        } elseif ($attribute instanceof Attribute) {
+            return $this->addAttribute($attribute);
+        } else {
+            return $this->addAttribute(Attribute::create($attribute, $value));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Attribute|string $attribute
+     * @param string|array $value
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function set($attribute, $value = null)
+    {
+        if ($attribute instanceof static) {
+            foreach ($attribute as $a) {
+                $this->setAttribute($a);
+            }
+
+            return $this;
+        } else if ($attribute instanceof Attribute) {
+            return $this->setAttribute($attribute);
+        } else {
+            return $this->setAttribute(new Attribute($attribute, $value));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Attribute $attribute
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function addAttribute(Attribute $attribute)
+    {
+        $name = $attribute->getName();
+        if (array_key_exists($name, $this->attributes)) {
+            $this->attributes[$name]->addValue($attribute->getValue());
+        } else {
+            $this->attributes[$name] = $attribute;
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Attribute $attribute
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setAttribute(Attribute $attribute)
+    {
+        $name = $attribute->getName();
+        $this->attributes[$name] = $attribute;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function render()
+    {
+        if (empty($this->attributes)) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        return ' ' . implode(' ', $this->attributes);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/Component.php b/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/Component.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Businessprocess\Web\Component;
+
+use Exception;
+use Icinga\Application\Icinga;
+use Icinga\Exception\IcingaException;
+use Icinga\Web\View;
+
+abstract class Component
+{
+    /** @var View */
+    private $view;
+
+    /** @var View */
+    private static $discoveredView;
+
+    /**
+     * @param View $view
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setView(View $view)
+    {
+        $this->view = $view;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return View
+     */
+    public function view()
+    {
+        if ($this->view === null) {
+            $this->view = $this->discoveredView();
+        }
+        return $this->view;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return View
+     */
+    protected function discoveredView()
+    {
+        if (self::$discoveredView === null) {
+            $viewRenderer = Icinga::app()->getViewRenderer();
+            if ($viewRenderer->view === null) {
+                $viewRenderer->initView();
+            }
+
+            self::$discoveredView = $viewRenderer->view;
+        }
+
+        return self::$discoveredView;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    abstract function render();
+
+    public function wantHtml($any, $separator = '')
+    {
+        if ($any instanceof Component) {
+            return $any;
+        } elseif (is_string($any)) {
+            return $this->view()->escape($any);
+        } elseif (is_array($any)) {
+            $safe = array();
+            foreach ($any as $el) {
+                $safe .= $this->wantHtml($el);
+            }
+
+            return implode($separator, $safe);
+        } else {
+            // TODO: Should we add a dedicated Exception class?
+            throw new IcingaException(
+                'String, Web Component or Array of such expected, got "%s"',
+                $this->getPhpTypeName($any)
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function getPhpTypeName($any)
+    {
+        if (is_object($any)) {
+            return get_class($any);
+        } else {
+            return gettype($any);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Exception|string $error
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function renderError($error)
+    {
+        if ($error instanceof Exception) {
+            $file = preg_split('/[\/\\\]/', $error->getFile(), -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
+            $file = array_pop($file);
+            $msg = sprintf(
+                '%s (%s:%d)',
+                $error->getMessage(),
+                $file,
+                $error->getLine()
+            );
+        } elseif (is_string($error)) {
+            $msg = $error;
+        } else {
+            $msg = 'Got an invalid error';
+        }
+
+
+
+
+        $view = $this->view();
+        return sprintf(
+            $view->translate('ERROR: %s'),
+            $view->escape($msg)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function __toString()
+    {
+        try {
+            return $this->render();
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            return $this->renderError($e);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/Container.php b/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/Container.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Businessprocess\Web\Component;
+
+class Container extends Component
+{
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $content = array();
+
+    /** @var Attributes|array Is never an array at runtime, but may be before __construction */
+    protected $attributes;
+
+    /** @var string */
+    protected $separator = "\n";
+
+    /** @var string */
+    protected $tag = 'div';
+
+    /**
+     * Container constructor.
+     * @param Component|array|string $content
+     * @param Attributes|array $attributes
+     * @param string $tag
+     */
+    protected function __construct($content = array(), $attributes = null, $tag = null)
+    {
+        $this->addContent($content);
+
+        if ($this->attributes === null) {
+            $this->attributes = Attributes::wantAttributes($attributes);
+        } else {
+            $this->attributes = Attributes::wantAttributes($this->attributes);
+        }
+        if ($tag !== null) {
+            $this->tag = $tag;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Component|array|string $content
+     * @param Attributes|array $attributes
+     * @param string $tag
+     *
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public static function create($content = array(), $attributes = null, $tag = null)
+    {
+        return new static($content, $attributes, $tag);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Attributes
+     */
+    public function attributes()
+    {
+        return $this->attributes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see addContent()
+     * @param Component|array|string $content
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function add($content)
+    {
+        return $this->addContent($content);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Component|array|string $content
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function addContent($content)
+    {
+        if (is_array($content)) {
+            foreach ($content as $c) {
+                $this->addContent($c);
+            }
+        }
+
+        $htmlOrComponent = $this->wantHtml($content);
+        if (strlen($htmlOrComponent)) {
+            $this->content[] = $htmlOrComponent;
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Component|array|string $content
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setContent($content)
+    {
+        $this->content = array();
+        $this->addContent($content);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function renderContent()
+    {
+        return implode($this->separator, $this->content);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function render()
+    {
+        return $this->renderContainerFor($this->renderContent());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function renderError($error)
+    {
+        // TODO: eventually add class="error"
+        return $this->renderContainerFor(
+            parent::renderError($error)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $content
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function renderContainerFor($content)
+    {
+        return sprintf(
+            '<%s%s>%s</%s>',
+            $this->tag,
+            $this->attributes->render(),
+            $content,
+            $this->tag
+        );
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/Link.php b/library/Businessprocess/Web/Component/Link.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Businessprocess\Web\Component;
+
+use Icinga\Web\Url;
+
+class Link extends Component
+{
+    /** @var string TODO: mixed, allow components */
+    protected $text;
+
+    /** @var Url */
+    protected $url;
+
+    /** @var Attributes */
+    protected $attributes;
+
+    protected function __construct()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Component|string $text
+     * @param Url|string $url
+     * @param array $urlParams
+     * @param array $attributes
+     *
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public static function create($text, $url, $urlParams = null, array $attributes = null)
+    {
+        $link = new static();
+        $link->text = $text;
+        if ($url instanceof Url) {
+            if ($urlParams !== null) {
+                $url->addParams($urlParams);
+            }
+
+            $link->url = $url;
+        } else {
+            $link->url = Url::fromPath($url, $urlParams);
+        }
+        $link->attributes = new Attributes($attributes);
+
+        return $link;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getRenderedText()
+    {
+        return $this->view()->escape((string) $this->text);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Url
+     */
+    public function getUrl()
+    {
+        return $this->url;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function render()
+    {
+        return sprintf(
+            '<a href="%s"%s>%s</a>',
+            $this->getUrl(),
+            $this->attributes->render(),
+            $this->getRenderedText()
+        );
+    }
+}
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