Script-based object adaptation

• US 20070174821A1
• 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: Jones, Jeffrey, Snover, Jeffrey, Payette, Bruce, Hansen, Kenneth
• Granted Patent: US 7,818,726 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/136
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45512 Command shells

Abstract

The adaptation of at least a portion of an object provided by a previous script component to a subsequent script component, despite the subsequent component being incapable of recognizing a format of the at least a portion of the object as provided by the previous component. The previous component generates an object having a property. Adaptation script identifies adaptation(s) to perform on the property prior to being used by the subsequent component. The adaptation is performed, and the adapted property is then used by the subsequent component.

Claims

1. In a computing environment in which an interpreter interprets script to formulate a plurality of pipelined components, a method for a subsequent component in the plurality of pipelined components using information provided in at least a portion of an object provided by a previous component in the plurality of pipelined components, despite the subsequent component being incapable of recognizing a format of the at least a portion of the object as provided by the previous component, the method comprising the following:

an act of interpreting script to instantiate the previous component;

an act of the previous component generating an object having a property.

an act of interpreting script to instantiate the subsequent component;

an act of interpreting adaptation script that identifies one or more adaptations to perform on the property;

an act of performing the one or more adaptations on the property in response to the act of interpreting the adaptation script; and

an act of providing the adapted property as input to the subsequent component.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the property of the object is a first property of the object, the adaptation script is first adaptation script and the one or more adaptations are first one or more adaptations, the method further comprising:

an act of interpreting second adaptation script that identifies second one or more adaptations to perform on a second property of the object;

an act of performing the second one or more adaptations on the second property in response to the act of interpreting the second adaptation script; and

an act of providing the second adapted property as input to the subsequent component.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the one or more adaptations are performed to the object upon being generated by the previous component.

4. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the one or more adaptations are performed on the property just prior to being provided to the subsequent component.

5. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein previous component is a first previous component, the subsequent component is a first subsequent component and a second previous component, the adaptation script is first adaptation script, the one or more adaptations are first one or more adaptations, the object is a first object, and the property is a first property, the method further comprising:

an act of the second previous component generating a second object having a second property;

an act of interpreting script to instantiate a second subsequent component;

an act of interpreting second adaptation script that identifies second one or more adaptations to perform on the second property;

an act of performing the second one or more adaptations on the second property in response to the act of interpreting the second adaptation script; and

an act of providing the adapted second property as input to the second subsequent component.

6. A method in accordance with claim 5, wherein the second one or more adaptations are the same as the first one or more adaptations.

7. A method in accordance with claim 6, wherein the first adaptation script is the same as the second adaptation script.

8. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the one or more adaptations includes at least changing a name of the property.

9. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the object includes one or more associated callable methods.

10. A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable media having thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform the following:

an act of instantiating in system memory an interpreter configured to perform a method comprising the following when interpreting script that represents a previous component and a subsequent component in a plurality of pipelined components, the script also including adaptations script that identifies one or more adaptations to perform on a property of an object provided to the subsequent component by the previous component;

an act of instantiating the previous component;

an act of causing the previous component to generate an object having a property.

an act of instantiating the subsequent component;

an act of performing the one or more adaptations on the property in response to interpreting the adaptation script; and

an act of causing the adapted property to be provided as input to the subsequent component.

11. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the one or more computer-readable media are physical memory and/or storage media.

12. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the one or more computer-readable media is a removable storage medium.

13. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the one or more adaptations are performed to the object upon being generated by the previous component.

14. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the one or more adaptations are performed on the property just prior to being provided to the subsequent component.

15. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the interpreter is configured to perform the method for multiple combinations of previous and subsequent components in the plurality of pipelined components.

16. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the one or more adaptations includes at least changing a name of the property.

17. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the object includes one or more associated callable methods.

18. A computing system comprising:

one or more processors;

system memory;

one or more physical computer-readable media having thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computing system to instantiating in the system memory an interpreter configured to perform a method comprising the following when interpreting script that represents a previous component and a subsequent component in a plurality of pipelined components, the script also including adaptations script that identifies one or more adaptations to perform on a property of an object provided to the subsequent component by the previous component;

an act of instantiating the previous component;

an act of causing the previous component to generate an object having a property.

an act of instantiating the subsequent component;

an act of performing the one or more adaptations on the property in response to interpreting the adaptation script; and

an act of causing the adapted property to be provided as input to the subsequent component.

19. A computing system in accordance with claim 18, wherein the one or more adaptations includes at least changing a name of the property.

20. A computing system in accordance with claim 18, wherein the object includes one or more associated callable methods.