LDAP Integration Component: ...was Creating a Pattern for a basic module configuration form. Need pointing in right direction.

I'm trying to create a pattern for configuring LDAP Integration. Partly to share configurations and automate installs; but also to learn how to write them for other modules.

I have a simple form for the ldap_integration module (path = admin/settings/ldap/ldapauth; form_id = ldapauth_admin_settings) that I just want to write a pattern for. Is there a generic way to write a pattern for a form, or do I need to write some code that goes in the components section in an ldap_integration.inc file? I wrote an ldap_integration.inc file and got it to work, but seems overly complex for just submitting a form. Below is the file and the pattern I'm using is.

<?php

/**
<actions>
  <ldapauth_settings>
    <login_process>0</login_process>
    <login_conflict>0</login_conflict>
    <forget_passwords>0</forget_passwords>
    <sync_passwords>0</sync_passwords>
    <disable_pass_change>0</disable_pass_change>
    <alter_email_field>0</alter_email_field>
  </ldapauth_settings>
</actions>
  
  **/
function ldap_integration_patterns_ldapauth_settings_mappings() {
  
  $mappings = array(
          'login_process' =>
          array('field_name' => 'ldapauth_login_process', 'required' => 1),
          'login_conflict' =>
           array('field_name' => 'ldapauth_login_conflict','required' => 1),
          'forget_passwords' =>
           array('field_name' => 'ldapauth_forget_passwords','required' => 1),
          'sync_passwords' =>
           array('field_name' => 'ldapauth_sync_passwords','required' => 1),
          'disable_pass_change' =>
           array('field_name' => 'ldapauth_disable_pass_change','required' => 1),
          'alter_email_field' =>
           array('field_name' => 'ldapauth_alter_email_field', 'required' => 1),
        );
          
  return $mappings;
}

function ldap_integration_patterns_req($mappings, $data) {
  dpm('ldap_integration_patterns_req'); dpm($mappings); dpm($data);
  $missing = array();
    foreach ($mappings as $tag => $params) {
      if (!array_key_exists($params['field_name'], $data) && $params['required']) {  // need to check existance of tag, even if value is 0, NULL, empty etc.
         $missing[] = t('&lt;!tag&gt; tag is missing.', array('!tag' => $tag));  
      }
    }
    return join("<br/>", $missing);  
 }
   
function ldapauth_patterns($op, $id = null, &$data = null, $a = null) {
  dpm("ldap_integration_patterns $op , $id"); dpm($data); dpm($a);
  $ldapauth_settings_mappings = ldap_integration_patterns_ldapauth_settings_mappings();
  
  switch($op) {
    // Return the valid tags that this component can prepare and process
    case 'tags':
      return array('ldapauth_settings', 'ldapauth_server', 'ldapgroups_server');
    break;

    // Return a list of forms/actions this component can handle
    case 'actions':
      return array(
        'ldapauth_admin_settings' => t('Edit overall settings for ldap_integration module'),
        'ldapauth_admin_form' => t('Edit single ldap server for authentication.'),
        'ldapgroups_admin_form' => t('Edit single ldap server for ldap to drupal role mapping.'),
      );
    break;

    // Prepare the data
    case 'prepare':
      if ($id == 'ldapauth_settings') {
       dpm("<h2>prepare</h2>"); dpm($data);
        foreach($ldapauth_settings_mappings as $tag => $params) {
          $field_name = $params['field_name'];
          dpm("<hr/>$tag, $field_name");
          if (array_key_exists($tag, $data) && empty($data[$field_name])) {
            $data[$field_name] = $data[$tag];
            unset($data[$tag]);
          }
        }
      dpm($data);
      }
      else if ($id == 'ldapauth_server') {
      }
      else if ($id == 'ldapgroups_server') {
      }
    break;

    // Validate the values for an action before running the pattern
    case 'pre-validate':
      if ($id == 'ldapauth_settings') {
        if ($missing = ldap_integration_patterns_req($ldapauth_settings_mappings, $data)) {
          return $missing;
        }
      }
      else if ($id == 'ldapauth_server') {

      }
      else if ($id == 'ldapgroups_server') {
      }
    break;

    // Validate action before processing
    case 'validate':
    break;

    // Return the form id or determine if the action does not need processing
    case 'form_id':
      if ($id == 'ldapauth_settings') {
        return 'ldapauth_admin_settings';
      }
      else if ($id == 'ldapauth_server') {
          // delete, add, or update form names.  should all be the same form id for ldap
      }
      else if ($id == 'ldapgroups_server') {
        return 'display';
      }
    break;

    // Add default values to the pattern where appropriate and return form data
    case 'build':
      // require any ldap integration modules to get defaults.  
    //  module_load_include('inc', 'content', 'includes/content.admin');
      $data['op'] = 'Save configuration';
      $data['form_id'] = 'ldapauth_admin_settings';
      if ($id == 'ldapauth_admin_settings') {


      
       // module_load_include( 'inc', 'ldapauth', 'admin');
        // could set defaults here, but there are none.
        }

      dpm("build data:"); dpm($data);
      return $data;
    break;

    // Create extra parameters needed for a pattern execution
    case 'params':
      if ($id == 'ldapauth_admin_settings') {

      }
    break;

    // Any last cleanup items
    case 'cleanup':
      
    break;
  }
}