Method and system for generating a web services meta model on the java stack

• US 20070073769A1
• Filed: 09/28/2005
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Stoyanova, Dimitrina, Zubev, Alexander, Savchenko, Vladimir, Angelov, Dimitar, Baikov, Chavdar
• Granted Patent: US 8,250,522 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A method and system for creating a common model. In one embodiment, a web services model and a web service client model are identified. The web services and web services client models are then unified to create a common model.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying a web services model;

identifying a web services client model; and

creating a common model by unifying the web services model and the web services client model.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying web services properties associated with the web services model;

identifying web services client properties associated with the web services client model; and

extracting common properties from the web services and web services client properties to create the common model.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating mapping information, the updated mapping information having updated interface mapping information and updated schema to Java mapping information; and

storing the updated interface mapping information at a web services description language (WSDL) interface mappings model, and storing the schema to Java mappings information at a schema to Java mapping model.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a WSDL model having web services interface description.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating the common model via the updated mapping information and the web services interface description.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a configuration model having configuration information relating to interface described in the web services interface description.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the common model comprises the WSDL model, the WSDL interface mappings model, the schema to Java mappings model, and the configuration model.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing direct mapping of the WSDL model, the WSDL interface mappings model, the schema to Java mappings model, and the configuration model.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the WSDL interface mappings model directly mapping one or more of the WSDL model and the schema to Java mappings model.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the schema to Java mappings model directly mapping the WSDL model.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the configuration model directly mapping one or more of the WSDL model and the WSDL interface mappings model.

12. A system comprising:

a identification module for identifying a web services model and a web services client model; and

a generator to create a common model by unifying the web services model and the web services client model.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

an updating tool to update mapping information, the updated mapping information having updated interface mapping information and updated schema to Java mapping information; and

means for storing the updated interface mapping information at a WSDL interface mappings model, and storing the schema to Java mappings information at a schema to Java mapping model.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising means for generating a WSDL model having web services interface description.

15. The system of claim 12, further comprising means for generating a configuration model having configuration information relating to interface described in the web services interface description.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the common model includes a Java-based common model residing at a Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) engine.

17. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sets of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

identify a web services model;

identify a web services client model; and

create a common model by unifying the web services model and the web services client model.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the sets of instructions which, when executed by the machine, further cause the machine to:

identify web services properties associated with the web services model;

identify web services client properties associated with the web services client model; and

extract common properties from the web services and web services client properties to create the common model.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the sets of instructions which, when executed by the machine, further cause the machine to:

update mapping information, the updated mapping information having updated interface mapping information and updated schema to Java mapping information; and

store the updated interface mapping information at a WSDL interface mappings model, and storing the schema to Java mappings information at a schema to Java mapping model.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the sets of instructions which, when executed by the machine, further cause the machine to generate a WSDL model having web services interface description.