Method and apparatus for supporting XML-based service consumption in a web presentation architecture

• US 20050050456A1
• Filed: 08/29/2003
• Published: 03/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Lee, Wayne, Johnson, Peter Christopher II, Sundaresan, Sankar Ram, DeHamer, Brian James
• Application Number:
  US10/652,469
• Publication Number:
  US 20050050456A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for creating web applications. The system comprises a controller generator that is adapted to provide a web application with a controller that receives requests for data from a user and responds to the requests by obtaining requested data. The system additionally comprises a web services interface generator that is adapted to provide a web services interface that formats a web service request, communicates the web service request to a web service and processes information received from the web service prior to providing the requested data to the user.

Claims

1. A system for creating web applications, the system comprising:

a controller generator that is adapted to provide a web application with a controller that receives requests for data from a user and responds to the requests by obtaining requested data; and

a web services interface generator that is adapted to provide a web services interface that formats a web service request, communicates the web service request to a web service and processes information received from the web service prior to providing the requested data to the user.

2. The system set forth in claim 1, wherein the web application is adapted to load configuration information about the web service from a configuration file.

3. The system set forth in claim 2, wherein the configuration file is an extensible markup language (“

XML”

) file.

4. The system set forth in claim 1, wherein the web services interface communicates with a plurality of web services.

5. The system set forth in claim 1, wherein the web services interface delivers a parameter received from the user to the web service.

6. The system set forth in claim 5, wherein the parameter received from the user is contained in a cookie.

7. The system set forth in claim 1, wherein the web application is adapted to receive input from a plurality of web portals.

8. A method of creating web applications, the method comprising:

creating, with a processor-based device, a controller that receives requests for data from a user and responds to the requests by obtaining requested data; and

providing a web services interface for a web application, the web services interface being adapted to format a web service request, communicate the web service request to a web service and process information received from the web service prior to providing the requested data to a user.

9. The method set forth in claim 8, comprising defining a web services interface generator that provides web applications that are adapted to load configuration information about the web service from a configuration file.

10. The method set forth in claim 9, comprising defining the configuration file to be an extensible markup language (“

XML”

) file.

11. The method set forth in claim 8, comprising defining a web services interface generator that allows the web services interface to communicate with a plurality of web services.

12. The method set forth in claim 8, comprising defining a web services interface generator that allows the web services interface to deliver a parameter received from the user to the web service.

13. The method set forth in claim 12, comprising defining a cookie to provide the parameter to the web services interface.

14. The method set forth in claim 8, comprising defining a web services interface generator that provides web applications that are adapted to receive input from a plurality of web portals.

15. A system for creating web applications, the system comprising:

means for creating a controller that provides control functions for a web application, the controller being adapted to receive requests for data from a user and respond to the requests by obtaining requested data; and

means for providing a web services interface that formats a web service request, communicates the web service request to a web service and processes information received from the web service prior to providing the requested data to the user.

16. The system set forth in claim 15, wherein the web application is adapted to load configuration information about the web service from a configuration file.

17. The system set forth in claim 16, wherein the configuration file is an extensible markup language (“

XML”

) file.

18. The system set forth in claim 15, wherein the web services interface communicates with a plurality of web services.

19. The system set forth in claim 15, wherein the web services interface delivers a parameter received from the user to the web service.

20. A program for creating a web application, the program comprising:

a machine readable medium;

a controller generator stored on the machine readable medium, the controller generator being adapted to provide the web application with a controller that receives requests for data from a user and responds to the requests by obtaining requested data; and

a web services interface generator stored on the machine readable medium, the web services interface generator being adapted to provide a web services interface that formats a web service request, communicates the web service request to a web service and processes information received from the web service prior to providing the requested data to the user.