External configuration of processing content for script

• US 20070174813A1
• Filed: 01/25/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Snover, Jeffrey, Payette, Bruce, Huang, Dana
• Granted Patent: US 8,291,377 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/115
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45508 Runtime interpretation or emulation, e g. emulator loops, bytecode interpretation

Abstract

Script is accessed and interpreted to identify an executable component. Processing context configuration files may then be used to identify an appropriate processing context for the identified executable component. Examples of processing context include, but are not limited to, a process in which the identified executable component is to run, one or more adaptations to perform on the component prior to running, and/or a security context in which to run the component. Processing context thus need not be specified in the actual script itself. The identified components may then be executed in the identified processing context.

Claims

1. A method for identifying a particular processing context for running script in a computing system, the method comprising:

an act of interpreting script to identify an executable component to invoke;

an act of identifying one or more processing context configuration files associated with the identified executable component; and

an act of using the one or more processing context configuration files to identify a processing context for the identified executable component.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the processing context includes an identification of a process in which to run the identified executable component.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the processing context includes one or more adaptations to perform on the identified executable component prior to being run.

4. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the processing context a includes a security context in which to run the identified executable component.

5. A method in accordance with claim 4, wherein the security context includes an identification of a user security context.

6. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the act of interpreting is performed by an executable interpretation component.

7. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the act of identifying one or more processing context configuration files associated with the identified executable component comprises:

an act of identifying a correlation between one or more properties of the identified executable component and one or more configuration files; and

an act of identifying the correlated one or more configuration files as being the one or more processing context configuration files.

8. A method in accordance with claim 7, wherein the one or more properties includes at least a name of the identified executable component.

9. A method in accordance with claim 7, wherein the one or more properties includes at least a dependency of the identified executable component.

10. A method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

an act of invoking the identified executable component in the identified processing context.

11. A method in accordance with claim 10, wherein the act of invoking the identified executable component in the identified processing context is performed on a computing system that is different than the computing system that performed the act of interpreting.

12. A method in accordance with claim 10, wherein the act of invoking the identified executable component in the identified processing context is performed on a computing system that is the same as the computing system that performed the act of interpreting.

13. A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable media having thereon computer-executable instructions for perform a method for identifying a particular processing context for running script in a computing system, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

at least one computer-executable instruction for accessing script;

at least one computer-executable instruction for interpreting the script to identify an executable component; and

at least one computer-executable instruction for discovering a processing context in which the script should be executed at least based on one or more processing context configuration files.

14. A computer program product in accordance with claim 13, wherein the processing context includes at least one of the following:

an identification of a process in which to run the identified executable component;

one or more adaptations to perform on the identified executable component prior to being run;

or a security context in which to run the identified executable component.

15. A computer program product in accordance with claim 13, wherein the processing context includes at least two of the following:

an identification of a process in which to run the identified executable component;

one or more adaptations to perform on the identified executable component prior to being run;

or

a security context in which to run the identified executable component.

16. A computer program product in accordance with claim 13, wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprise:

at least one computer-executable instructions for invoking the identified executable component in the discovered processing context.

17. A computer program product in accordance with claim 13, wherein the one or more computer-readable media are physical memory and/or storage media.

18. One or more computer readable media having thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to instantiate the following in system memory of the computing system:

an interpretation component configured to access and interpret script to identify an executable component; and

a processing context determination module configured to using one or more processing context configuration files correlated to the identified executable component to thereby identify a processing context for the identified executable component.

19. One or more computer-readable media in accordance with claim 18, wherein the processing context includes at least one of the following:

an identification of a process in which to run the identified executable component;

one or more adaptations to perform on the identified executable component prior to being run;

or

a security context in which to run the identified executable component.

20. One or more computer-readable media in accordance with claim 18, wherein the one or more computer-readable media are physical memory and/or storage media.