Teamware server working over HTTP/HTTPS connections

• US 20030009476A1
• Filed: 07/05/2001
• Published: 01/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Rau, Sadhana S., Fomenko, Anatoli
• Granted Patent: US 6,813,641 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/103R
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2876 Pairs of inter-processing entities at each side of the network, e.g. split proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A system for remotely accessing a resource in a network having a client-side and a server-side includes a server application having at least one server object that can access the resource, a client application comprising an interface through which a method of a proxy object can be called locally and converted to a request, a servlet that delegates processing of the request to the server object, and a connection for sending the request to the servlet.

Claims

1. A method for remotely accessing a resource in a network having a client-side and a server-side, comprising:

calling a method of a proxy object at the client-side;

converting the call for the method of the proxy object to a request;

transmitting the request to the server-side; and

invoking a servlet at the server-side to generate a response to the request, wherein the servlet delegates processing of the request to a server object having access to the resource.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the response to the client-side and returning the call for the method of the proxy object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a method of the proxy object is called by executing a command on the client-side.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein converting the call for the method of the proxy object comprises marshaling parameters passed to the proxy object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is a HTTP request.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the request to the server-side is based on HTTP protocol.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the request to the server-side is based on HTTPS protocol.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising authenticating the request prior to delegating processing of the request to the server object.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the servlet delegating processing of the request to a server object comprises the servlet selecting the server object corresponding to the proxy object.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the request comprises using HTTP protocol to transmit the request.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the request comprises using HTTPS protocol to transmit the request.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the server application and servlet are deployed on a web server.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the connection is based on HTTP protocol.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the connection is based on HTTPS protocol.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising a mechanism for authenticating the request.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the resource comprises a workspace.

10. A method for executing transactions in a network having a client-side and a server-side, comprising:

requesting access to a remote workspace by calling a method of a proxy object at the client-side;

converting the call for the method of the proxy object to a request;

transmitting the request to the server-side; and

invoking a servlet at the server-side to generate a response to the request, wherein the servlet delegates processing of the request to a server object having access to the remote workspace.

13. A method for executing transactions in a network having a client-side and a server-side, comprising:

requesting access to a remote resource by calling a method of a proxy object at the client-side;

converting the call for the method of the proxy object to a request;

transmitting the request to the server-side using HTTP protocol; and

invoking a servlet on the server-side to generate a response to the request, wherein the servlet delegates processing of the request to a server object having access to the remote resource.

14. A method for executing transactions in a network having a client-side and a server-side, comprising:

requesting access to a remote resource by calling a method of a proxy object at the client-side;

converting the call for the method of the proxy object to a request;

transmitting the request to the server-side using HTTPS protocol; and

invoking a servlet on the server-side to generate a response to the request, wherein the servlet delegates processing of the request to a server object having access to the remote resource.

15. A system for remotely accessing a resource in a client-server network, comprising:

a server application having at least one server object that can access the resource directly;

a client application comprising an interface through which a method of a proxy object can be called locally and converted to a request;

a servlet that delegates processing of the request to the server object; and

a connection for sending the request to the servlet.

21. A software configuration management system, comprising:

a server application having at least one server object that can access a workspace;

a client application comprising an interface through which a method of a proxy object can be called locally and converted to a request;

a servlet that delegates processing of the request to the server object; and

a connection for sending the request to the servlet.

22. The software configuration management system of claim 21, wherein the workspace is maintained under a version control system.

23. The software configuration management system of claim 21, wherein the connection is based on HTTP protocol.

24. The software configuration management system of claim 21, wherein the connection is based on HTTPS protocol.