Shared common connection factory

• US 20040034859A1
• Filed: 03/28/2003
• Published: 02/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Upton, Mitch, Golding, Christa, Potter, Timothy, DeGrande, Rick
• Granted Patent: US 7,493,628 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/310
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications

Abstract

Systems that use application view components to allow a user to exploit functionality in an EIS can utilize a shareable connection factory. Instead of having a connection factory for each application view, a single connection factory can be used that is simply referenced by each application view. Users can then choose to associate an application view with any available connection factory on the system, or can choose to create a new connection factory that can be available to any other application view or resource adapter.

This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.

Claims

1. A system for sharing connections to an information system, comprising:

a resource adapter for exposing capabilities in the information system;

an application view specific to the resource adapter, the application view allowing a user to access the capabilities exposed by the resource adapter; and

a shareable connection factory adapted to provide a connection between the resource adapter and the information system.

2. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an application programming interface providing functionality allowing the connection factory to be shareable.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein:

the shareable connection factory is further adapted to provide a connection between any additional resource adapter and the information system.

4. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a managed bean for determining whether the shareable connection factory is available to a resource adapter.

5. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a managed bean for determining the location of the shareable connection factory.

6. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface allowing the shareable connection factory to be associated with the application view.

7. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface allowing an additional shareable connection factory to be created and associated with the application view.

8. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a repository for storing location information for each connection instance of the connection factory.

9. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a deployment engine for deploying the application view.

10. A method for sharing connections to an information system, comprising:

setting up a shareable connection factory to manage connections to an information system; and

referencing the shareable connection factory when defining an application view to provide a user with access to the information system.

11. A system for sharing connections to an information system, comprising:

means for setting up a shareable connection factory to manage connections to an information system; and

means for referencing the shareable connection factory when defining an application view to provide a user with access to the information system.

12. A computer-readable medium, comprising:

means for setting up a shareable connection factory to manage connections to an information system; and

means for referencing the shareable connection factory when defining an application view to provide a user with access to the information system.

13. A computer program product for execution by a server computer for sharing connections to an information system, comprising:

computer code for setting up a shareable connection factory to manage connections to an information system; and

computer code for referencing the shareable connection factory when defining an application view to provide a user with access to the information system.

14. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

object code executed by said processor, said object code configured to;

set up a shareable connection factory to manage connections to an information system; and

reference the shareable connection factory when defining an application view to provide a user with access to the information system.

15. A computer data signal embodied in a transmission medium, comprising:

a code segment including instructions to set up a shareable connection factory to manage connections to an information system; and

a code segment including instructions to reference the shareable connection factory when defining an application view to provide a user with access to the information system.