System and method for providing a standardized adaptor framework

• US 20050114378A1
• Filed: 11/24/2003
• Published: 05/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Nagasubramani, Rammohan, Saari, Neilton Jared, Paramasivam, Kartik, Elien, Jean-Emile
• Application Number:
  US10/721,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20050114378A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications

Abstract

A standardized framework for adaptors is provided by a configuration user interface module that receives configuration descriptive data in a hierarchical file format and a metadata utility that receives communication format data in a hierarchical file format. An adaptor-specific interface is generated from the configuration descriptive data may collect instance-specific configuration information. The information is stored as an XML file.

Claims

1. A system for providing a standardized adaptor framework comprising:

a configuration user interface module for receiving a configuration schema describing configuration information;

a metadata utility for receiving at least one metadata file providing data interface information and service description information; and

generating from the configuration schema and the metadata file a configuration file and a service selection file required by an adaptor to connect to an application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration schema comprises an XML schema.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one metadata file comprises a WSDL file.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one metadata file comprises an XML schema.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a data store for storing the configuration file.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a data store for storing the service selection file.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration file is an XML file.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein a unified user interface is generated from the configuration schema and the at least one metadata file.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein information entered via the unified user interface is stored in the configuration file.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein information entered via the unified user interface is stored in the service selection file.

11. The system of claim 2, wherein the XML schema is received from the adaptor associated with the configuration file.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one metadata file is received from the adaptor associated with the configuration file.

13. A method for providing a standardized adaptor framework, comprising:

receiving a description of configuration data associated with an adaptor;

generating an adaptor-specific user interface from the configuration data description;

receiving instance-specific data from the adaptor-specific user interface; and

saving the instance-specific data and the description of configuration data in an XML file.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

saving the XML file in a data store.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the description of configuration data is an XML schema.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving information associated with data interface and service description.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the information associated with data interface and service description is a WSDL specification.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving a message associated with an application request.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving a message associated with an application request and selecting an XML file from the data store, the XML file associated with the application request.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising sending the XML file to the adaptor.

21. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for:

receiving a description of configuration data associated with an adaptor;

generating an adaptor-specific property page from the configuration data description; and

receiving instance-specific data from the property page.