Client web service access
First Claim
1. A client data processing method for transforming a request from a web client, the method comprising the steps:
- intercepting the request;
changing a first web service implementation specified in the request to a second web service implementation; and
forwarding the request to the second web service implementation thereby enabling the second web service implementation to process the request, wherein the second web service implementation is selected based on policy data associated with the web client.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method, apparatus and computer program product in which a web client request for a web service is intercepted and the target of the request updated according to policy data associated with the client. Further the application layer protocol in which the web client request is specified may be changed. As a result a web client which makes a request for which the target web service is hard-coded may be adapted to take advantage of managed access to web services resulting in access to web services which, for example, provide quality of service characteristics which more appropriately match the requirements of the web client.
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19 Claims
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1. A client data processing method for transforming a request from a web client, the method comprising the steps:
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intercepting the request;
changing a first web service implementation specified in the request to a second web service implementation; and
forwarding the request to the second web service implementation thereby enabling the second web service implementation to process the request, wherein the second web service implementation is selected based on policy data associated with the web client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19)
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10. A client data processing apparatus for transforming a request from a web client, the apparatus comprising:
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means for intercepting the request;
means for changing a first web service implementation specified in the request to a second web service implementation; and
means for forwarding the request to the second web service implementation thereby enabling the second web service implementation to process the request, wherein the means for changing a first web service implementation is operable to select the second web service implementation based on policy data associated with the web client. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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