System and method for invoking WebDAV methods via component technologies

• US 20040162872A1
• Filed: 02/17/2003
• Published: 08/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Friedman, Richard, Kinner, Jason A., Snyder, Joseph John
• Application Number:
  US10/368,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20040162872A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method for invoking a WebDAV method via a component technology comprises receiving a request for a WebDAV method in a component technology format, and responsive to receiving the request, invoking the requested WebDAV method.

Claims

1. A method for invoking a WebDAV method via a component technology comprising:

receiving a request for a WebDAV method in a component technology format; and

responsive to receiving said request, invoking the requested WebDAV method.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

translating the received request to a WebDAV protocol.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said invoking comprises:

communicating the translated request via said WebDAV protocol to a WebDAV method processing unit.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

translating the received request to a canonical format.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

translating the canonical formatted request to a WebDAV protocol.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said receiving comprises:

receiving said request in any one fomiat of a plurality of different component technology formats.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

determining to which of a plurality of different input handlers to communicate the received request;

communicating the received request to a determined one of said plurality of different input handlers; and

translating said received request to a canonical format using said determined one of said plurality of different input handlers.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

communicating said canonical fonnatted request to a request executor; and

translating, by said request executor, said canonical formatted request to a WebDAV protocol and communicating the request via said WebDAV protocol to a WebDAV method processing unit.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein said plurality of different component technologies comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of:

Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Component Object Model (COM), and Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM).

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

outputting a WebDAV response in a component technology format to a requester that originated said request.

11. A system for invoking a WebDAV method via a component technology, the system comprising:

a bridge receiving a request for a WebDAV method from a client via a component technology and enabling invocation of said WebDAV method; and

a WebDAV processing unit invoking the requested WebDAV method.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein said bridge is adapted to receive a request via any of a plurality of different component technologies.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein said bridge further comprises an input handler for translating a received request from a component technology format to a WebDAV protocol.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein said bridge further comprises a plurality of input handlers, each translating a received request from a particular component technology to a canonical format.

15. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

a receiver determining which of said plurality of input handlers to communicate a received request.

16. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

a request executor translating a canonical formatted request to a WebDAV protocol request.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein said bridge comprises a plurality of receivers, each of said plurality of receivers operable to receive a request for a WebDAV method from a client via a different component technology.

18. The system of claim 11 wherein said bridge further comprises an output handler for translating a response to a requester from a WebDAV protocol into a component technology format.

19. The bridge of claim 18 wherein said bridge further comprises a plurality of transmitters, each of said plurality of transmitters operable to transmit a WebDAV method response to a client via a different component technology.

20. A bridge for enabling invocation of a WebDAV method via a component technology, said bridge comprising:

a receiver operable to receive a request for a WebDAV method from a client via a component technology;

an input handler operable to translate a received request from any of a plurality of different component technologies to a canonical format; and

a request executor operable to translate a canonical formatted request to a WebDAV protocol request for invoking a requested WebDAV method.

21. The bridge of claim 20 wherein said plurality of different -component technologies comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of:

Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Component Object Model (COM), and Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM).

22. The bridge of claim 20 wherein said bridge comprises a plurality of receivers, each of said plurality of receivers operable to receive a request for a WebDAV method from a client via a different component technology.

23. The bridge of claim 20 further comprising an output handler for translating a response to a requester from a WebDAV protocol into a component technology format.

24. The bridge of claim 23 wherein said bridge comprises a plurality of transmitters, each of said plurality of transmitters operable to transmit a WebDAV method response to a client via a different component technology.

25. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for invoking a WebDAV method via a component technology, the computer readable program code means in said computer program product comprising;

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to receive a request for a WebDAV method in a component technology format; and

computer readable program code means responsive to receiving said request for causing the computer to invoke the requested WebDAV method.

26. The computer program product of claim 25 further comprising:

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to translate the received request to a WebDAV protocol.

27. The computer program product of claim 26 wherein said invoking comprises:

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to communicate the translated request via said WebDAV protocol to a WebDAV method processing unit.

28. The computer program product of claim 25 further comprising:

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to translate the received request into a canonical format.

29. The computer program product of claim 28 further comprising:

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to translate the canonical formatted request to a WebDAV protocol.

30. The computer program product of claim 25 wherein said receiving comprises:

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to receive said request in any one format of a plurality of different component technology formats.

31. The computer program product of claim 30 further comprising:

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to determine to which of a plurality of different input handlers to communicate the received request;

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to communicate the received request to a determined one of said plurality of different input handlers; and

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to translate said received request to a canonical format using said determined one of said plurality of different input handlers.

32. The computer program product of claim 31 further comprising:

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to communicate said canonical formatted request to a request executor;

computer readable program code means for causing said request executor to translate said canonical formatted request to a WebDAV protocol; and

computer readable program code means for causing said request executor to communicate the request via said WebDAV protocol to a WebDAV method processing unit.

33. The computer program product of claim 30 wherein said plurality of different component technologies comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of:

Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Component Object Model (COM), and Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM).

34. The computer program product of claim 25 further comprising:

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to output a WebDAV response in a component technology format to a requester that originated said request.