Dynamic program modification

• US 20050278374A1
• Filed: 05/18/2005
• Published: 12/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Kasi, Jayaram, Mihic, Matthew, Urhan, Tolga, Kapoor, Chet, Aletty, Ashok, Patrick, Paul B.
• Application Number:
  US11/132,139
• Publication Number:
  US 20050278374A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data

Abstract

A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. 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 method for dynamically repurposing an application having a first interface, comprising:

exposing a second interface wherein the second interface is a facade for the first interface;

accepting a request from the second interface;

providing the request to the first interface; and

wherein a change to the first interface does not require a change to the second interface.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

an interface includes at least one of the following;

a message format, a transport protocol, an address, a service definition, and a security scheme.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the second interface is a service-based interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing includes:

dynamically mapping the request to the first interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing includes:

performing at least one of the following;

converting the message format to a format compatible with the first interface, sending the request to the application using a transport protocol that is compatible with the first interface, using a security scheme that is compatible with the first interface.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the providing includes:

dynamically determining to send the request to the application based on the request content.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the providing includes:

dynamically determining to send the request to the application based on evaluation of a conditional expression.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accepting a response from the application; and

providing the response to a second application using the second interface.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

exposing a third interface wherein the third interface is a facade for the first interface.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein:

a transport protocol is one of;

File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), HTTP/Secure (HTTPS), Java Message Service (JMS), file and electronic mail.

12. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when used cause a system to:

expose a second interface wherein the second interface is a facade for a first interface;

accept a request from the second interface;

provide the request to the first interface; and

wherein a change to the first interface does not require a change to the second interface.

13. The machine readable medium of claim 12 wherein:

an interface includes at least one of the following;

a message format, a transport protocol, an address, a service definition, and a security scheme.

14. The machine readable medium of claim 12 wherein:

the second interface is a service-based interface.

15. The machine readable medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions that when used cause the system to:

dynamically map the request to the first interface.

16. The machine readable medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions that when used cause the system to:

perform at least one of the following;

converting the request format to a format compatible with the first interface, sending the request to an application using a transport protocol that is compatible with the application, using a security scheme that is compatible with the first interface.

17. The machine readable medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions that when used cause the system to:

dynamically determine to send the request to the application based on the request content.

18. The machine readable medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions that when used cause the system to:

dynamically determine to send the request to an application based on evaluation of a conditional expression.

19. The machine readable medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions that when used cause the system to:

accept a response from an application; and

provide the response to a second application using the second interface.

20. The machine readable medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions that when used cause the system to:

expose a third interface wherein the third interface is a facade for the first interface.

21. A system comprising one or more components capable of performing the following steps:

exposing a second interface wherein the second interface is a facade for the first interface;

accepting a request from the second interface;

providing the request to the first interface; and

wherein a change to the first interface does not require a change to the second interface.