System and method for web services configuration creation and validation

• US 20070067384A1
• Filed: 09/21/2005
• Published: 03/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Angelov, Dimitar
• Application Number:
  US11/233,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20070067384A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A system and method for Web services configuration file creation and validation is described. In one embodiment, assertion elements from particular level of a Web services description file are converted into properties. From these properties a configuration file is created.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

extracting assertion elements from particular level of a Web services description file;

converting the assertion elements into properties; and

forming a configuration file from the properties.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a marshaller relevant to the particular level of the Web services description file, the marshaller to perform the converting.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the converting further comprises:

determining a set of assertions supported by the marshaller;

identifying related assertions in the Web services description file; and

converting the related assertions into properties;

combining the properties into a property list.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

applying default properties to the property list; and

updating the property list.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining if the property list is valid.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining possible configurations alternatives from the Web services description file; and

intersecting the abstract configuration alternatives to form a single abstract configuration.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the Web services description file is a WSDL document.

18. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

applying default properties to the property list; and

updating the property list.

8. An article of manufacture including program code which, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

extracting assertion elements from particular level of a Web services description file;

converting the assertion elements into properties; and

forming a configuration file from the properties.

9. The article of manufacture of claim 8 wherein said executing further includes also performing the following:

accessing a marshaller relevant to the particular level of the Web services description file, the marshaller to perform the converting.

10. The article of manufacture of claim 9, wherein the converting further comprises:

determining a set of assertions supported by the marshaller;

identifying related assertions in the Web services description file;

converting the related assertions into properties; and

combining the properties into a property list.

11. The article of manufacture of claim 10 wherein said executing further includes also performing the following:

applying default properties to the property list; and

updating the property list.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 11 wherein said executing further includes also performing the following:

determining if the property list is valid.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 12 wherein said executing further includes also performing the following:

determining possible configurations alternatives from the Web services description file; and

intersecting the abstract configuration alternatives to form a single abstract configuration.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 8, wherein the Web services description file is a WSDL document.

15. A computing system comprising a machine, said computing system also comprising instructions disposed on a computer readable medium, said instructions capable of being executed by said machine to perform a method, said method comprising:

extracting assertion elements from particular level of a Web services description file;

converting the assertion elements into properties; and

forming a configuration file from the properties.

16. The computing system of claim 15, wherein said method further comprises:

accessing a marshaller relevant to the particular level of the Web services

description file, the marshaller to perform the converting.

17. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the converting further comprises:

determining a set of assertions supported by the marshaller;

identifying related assertions in the Web services description file;

converting the related assertions into properties; and

combining the properties into a property list.

19. The computing system of claim 17, wherein said method further comprises:

determining if the property list is valid.

20. The computing system of claim 19, wherein said method further comprises:

determining possible configurations alternatives from the Web services description file; and

intersecting the abstract configuration alternatives to form a single abstract configuration.