Scripting of soap commands

• US 10,708,346 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2018
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PTC Inc.
• Original Assignee: PTC Inc.
• Inventors: Hansen, James R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Lechi
• Application Number:
  US15/943,749
• Publication Number:
  US 20180295179A1
• Time in Patent Office: 826 Days
• Field of Search: 719328
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/81 Indexing, e.g. XML tags; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/83 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45508 Runtime interpretation or emulation, e g. emulator loops, bytecode interpretation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0266 using meta-data, objects or commands for formatting management information, e.g. using eXtensible markup language [XML]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A computer-implemented method processes a simple object access protocol (SOAP) command. The method includes interpreting an XML script to perform a function contained in the XML script, the XML script containing the SOAP command, parsing the SOAP command from the XML script, and passing the SOAP command to a SOAP interpreter for execution.

Claims

1. A method performed by one or more processing devices for generating script that comprises first and second simple object access protocol (SOAP) commands, comprising:

receiving, from a controller associated with a device, a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) command comprising information that identifies a device;

retrieving code that defines a function based on the information;

translating the code to the script that performs the function, the script comprising the first and second SOAP commands, the script defining at least one of a sequence or a timing of execution of the first and second SOAP commands, and the script defining one or more variables to pass between the first and second SOAP commands; and

sending, to the controller, a response to the HTTP command, the response comprising the script, the script being runnable by the controller by interpreting the script and the first and second SOAP commands.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises a conditional statement comprising an If-Then statement or an If-Then-Else statement.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the script comprises extensible markup language (XML) script.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the script to multiple devices having a same type to be run by the multiple devices.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein at least one of the multiple devices comprises a controller that is embedded in an apparatus;

and

wherein the script affects control over the apparatus by the controller.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein translating comprises:

compiling the code to generate compiled code;

interpreting the function in the complied code; and

generating the script based on the function.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein compiling is performed by a compiler;

and

wherein the method further comprises the compiler determining a format of the first SOAP command and the second SOAP command.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the compiler determines the format based on a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) document that defines SOAP command format.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the WSDL document is in a self-describing computing language;

and

wherein the method further comprises the compiler interpreting the WSDL document automatically.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a command from a device, the command identifying an instance of the device, the command comprising a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) command;

retrieving the script based on the instance of the device; and

sending the script to the device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more processing devices are part of a server, the server being on a first network;

and

wherein the device is on a second network that is different from the first network, the device having an Internet Protocol (IP) address that is local to the second network and that is not recognized by the server on the first network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein at least one of the first SOAP command or the second SOAP command encodes a remote procedure call.

13. One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media storing instructions that are executable on one or more processing devices to generate script that comprises first and second simple object access protocol (SOAP) commands, the instructions being executable to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a controller associated with a device, a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) command comprising information that identifies a device;

retrieving code that defines a function based on the information;

translating the code to the script that performs the function, the script comprising the first and second SOAP commands, the script defining at least one of a sequence or a timing of execution of the first and second SOAP commands, and the script defining one or more variables to pass between the first and second SOAP commands; and

sending, to the controller, a response to the HTTP command, the response comprising the script, the script being runnable by the controller by interpreting the script and the first and second SOAP commands.

14. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein the function comprises a conditional statement comprising an If-Then statement or an If-Then-Else statement.

15. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein the script comprises extensible markup language (XML) script.

16. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein the operations comprise sending the script to multiple devices having a same type for execution by the multiple devices.

17. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 16, wherein at least one of the multiple devices comprises a controller that is embedded in an apparatus;

and

wherein the script affects control over the apparatus by the controller.

18. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein translating comprises:

compiling the code to generate compiled code;

interpreting the function in the complied code; and

generating the script based on the function.

19. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 18, wherein compiling is performed by a compiler;

and

wherein the operations comprise the compiler determining a format of the first SOAP command and the second SOAP command.

20. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 19, wherein the compiler determines the format based on a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) document that defines SOAP command format.

21. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 20, wherein the WSDL document is in a self-describing computing language;

and

wherein the operations comprise the compiler interpreting the WSDL document automatically.

22. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein the operations comprise:

receiving a command from a device, the command identifying an instance of the device, the command comprising a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) command;

retrieving the script based on the instance of the device; and

sending the script to the device.

23. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 22, wherein the one or more processing devices are part of a server, the server being on a first network;

and

wherein the device is on a second network that is different from the first network, the device having an Internet Protocol (IP) address that is local to the second network and that is not recognized by the server on the first network.

24. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 23, wherein at least one of the first SOAP command or the second SOAP command encodes a remote procedure call.