Programmable service oriented architecture

• US 20060031355A1
• Filed: 05/19/2005
• Published: 02/09/2006
• 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:
  US11/133,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20060031355A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561

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 programming a service proxy, comprising:

instantiating an interface and/or a protocol compatible with the service proxy;

instantiating a first message processing pathway responsive to the interface and/or the protocol and which is capable of processing a message accepted by the service proxy; and

incorporating the first message processing pathway into a message processing graph.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the first message pathway is for processing one of;

a service request and a service response.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the first message processing pathway includes a set of message processing stages that are capable of operating on the message in sequence.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein:

a message processing stage is capable of performing at least one of the following;

message authentication, message authorization, message validation, message transformation, message routing, performance monitoring, message tracking, message archiving, message logging, message publication, error reporting, and a user-defined process.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein:

a message processing stage shares a context with at least one other message processing stage through which they can exchange information.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the first message processing pathway is dynamically configurable.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the first message processing pathway can be dynamically added to and/or removed from the message processing graph.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein:

a service proxy is an intermediary between a client and one of;

a service and another service proxy.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

instantiating a second message processing pathway responsive to the interface and/or the protocol and which is capable of accepting a message from the first message processing pathway; and

incorporating the second message processing pathway into the message processing graph.

10. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon to cause a system to:

instantiate an interface and/or a protocol compatible with a service proxy;

instantiate a first message processing pathway responsive to the interface and/or the protocol and which is capable of processing a message accepted by the service proxy; and

incorporate the first message processing pathway into a message processing graph.

11. A system for programming a service proxy, comprising:

a message processing graph;

a first message processing pathway configured to accept a message from the message processing graph;

an interface compatible with the message processing graph and coupled to the message processing graph and to the first message processing pathway; and

wherein the interface facilitates communication and/or control between the message processing graph and the message processing pathway.

12. The service proxy of claim 11 wherein:

the first message pathway is for processing one of;

a service request and a service response.

13. The service proxy of claim 11 wherein:

the first message processing pathway includes a set of message processing stages that are capable of operating on the message in sequence.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein:

a message processing stage is capable of performing at least one of the following;

message authentication, message authorization, message validation, message transformation, message routing, performance monitoring, message tracking, message archiving, message logging, message publication, error reporting, and a user-defined process.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein:

a message processing stage shares a context with at least one other message processing stage through which they can exchange information.

16. The service proxy of claim 11 wherein:

the first message processing pathway is dynamically configurable.

17. The service proxy of claim 11 wherein:

the first message processing pathway can be dynamically added to and/or removed from the message processing graph.

18. The service proxy of claim 11 wherein:

the service proxy is an intermediary between a client and one of;

a service and another service proxy.

19. The service proxy of claim 11, further comprising:

a second message processing pathway responsive to the interface and which is capable of accepting a message from the first message processing pathway.