Method and apparatus for metadata driven web service mediation
First Claim
1. A method of attaching mediation metadata in a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message, comprising the steps of:
- providing a client side mediation engine;
plugging the client side mediation engine into a client SOAP engine;
receiving by the client side mediation engine a request message from the client SOAP engine;
attaching metadata to a message header of a SOAP message; and
returning the SOAP message to the client SOAP engine.
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Abstract
A mechanism lets a service consumer add mediation metadata in a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message and lets a service provider perform server side mediation based on the pre-defined mediation metadata. A client side mediation engine is plugged into a client SOAP engine. When the client side mediation engine receives a request message from the client SOAP engine, metadata is attached to a message header of a SOAP message and returned to the client SOAP engine. A server side mediation engine is plugged the server side mediation engine receives a SOAP message from the server SOAP engine, metadata is mapped with an appropriate adaptor and returned to the server SOAP engine.
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1. A method of attaching mediation metadata in a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message, comprising the steps of:
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providing a client side mediation engine;
plugging the client side mediation engine into a client SOAP engine;
receiving by the client side mediation engine a request message from the client SOAP engine;
attaching metadata to a message header of a SOAP message; and
returning the SOAP message to the client SOAP engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for inserting mediation metadata into a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message based on an existing Web Service client engine, said apparatus comprising:
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a client side mediation engine plugged into a client SOAP engine; and
a mediation policy accessed by said client side mediation engine, and when the client side mediation engine receives a request message from the client SOAP engine, the client side mediation engine attaches metadata to a message header of a SOAP message and returns the SOAP message to the client SOAP engine. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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