Heuristic assembly of a component based application

• US 20070198969A1
• Filed: 02/21/2006
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Wanderski, Michael, Roy-Chowdhury, Amber, Ramaswamy, Shankar, Facemire, Michael, McGowan, Patrick, Masselle, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 9,454,734 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/107
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to wiring components in a component based application and provide a method, system and computer program product for heuristically assembling components in a component based application. In one embodiment, a data processing system configured to assemble component based applications can include a component aggregation application including an application builder configured to assemble components into a component based application. The system further can include a property broker coupled to the component aggregation application and configured to apply a wiring scheme to selected components in a component based application. Finally, a collaborative heuristic integration matching engine (CHIME) can be coupled to the property broker and a data store of behaviorally derived data, the CHIME including program enabled to suggest components for assembly in a component based application based upon behaviorally derived data in the data store.

Claims

1. A data processing system configured to assemble component based applications, the data processing system comprising:

a component aggregation application comprising an application builder configured to assemble components into a component based application;

a property broker coupled to the component aggregation application and configured to apply a wiring scheme to selected components in a component based application;

a data store of behaviorally derived data for components in the component aggregation application; and

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a collaborative heuristic integration matching engine (CHIME) coupled to the property broker and the data store of behaviorally derived data, the CHIME comprising program enabled to suggest components for assembly in a component based application based upon behaviorally derived data in the data store.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the component aggregation application is a portal server and the components are portlets.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the behaviorally derived data comprises a record of different components sharing mutual interactions in a component based application.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the behaviorally derived data comprises prior sets of assembled components.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the behaviorally derived data comprises prior wires created between a selected component and at least one other component.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the behaviorally derived data comprises prior wiring schemes applied to prior sets of assembled components.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the behaviorally derived data further comprises a lifespan for the prior sets of assembled components.

8. A method for assembling components in a component based application, the method comprising:

selecting a component for inclusion in a component based application;

heuristically identifying at least one other component based upon the selected component; and

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recommending an assembly of the selected component and the at least one other component in the component based application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein heuristically identifying at least one other component based upon the selected component, comprises identifying at least one other component configured to process data for the selected component.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein heuristically identifying at least one other component based upon the selected component, comprises identifying a frequently assembled set of components associated with the selected component.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein heuristically identifying at least one other component based upon the selected component, further comprises identifying a wiring pattern for components known to have previously experienced cooperative manual interaction.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein heuristically identifying at least one other component based upon the selected component, further comprises identifying a frequently established wiring scheme for the selected component and other components in the component based application.

13. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for assembling components in a component based application, said computer program product including:

computer usable program code for selecting a component for inclusion in a component based application;

computer usable program code for heuristically identifying at least one other component based upon the selected component; and

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computer usable program code for recommending an assembly of the selected component and the at least one other component in the component based application.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for heuristically identifying at least one other component based upon the selected component, comprises computer usable program code for identifying at least one other component configured to process data for the selected component.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for heuristically identifying at least one other component based upon the selected component, comprises computer usable program code for identifying a frequently assembled set of components associated with the selected component.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for heuristically identifying at least one other component based upon the selected component, further comprises computer usable program code for identifying a wiring pattern for components known to have previously experienced cooperative manual interaction.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable program code for heuristically identifying at least one other component based upon the selected component, further comprises computer usable program code for identifying a frequently established wiring scheme for the selected component and other components in the component based application.