INTEGRATION OF EXTERNAL SCHEMAS AND TYPES INTO NATIVE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

• US 20070282894A1
• Filed: 05/03/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Schneider, John
• Granted Patent: US 7,958,492 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/84 Mapping; Conversion

Abstract

A script can import an XML schema to allow the script to use type definitions of the XML Schema.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an XML schema; and

a script for manipulating an XML document, the script including an import function to import the XML schema such that the definitions of the XML schema are used to interpret the script.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein a type definition of the XML schema is used to interpret the script.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein at least one of the type definitions is a complex type definition.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein a function in the script interprets data according to the type definition in the XML schema.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the script includes a validate method to check if an XML schema data constraint is violated.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein script uses a keyref dereference operator to use a keyref defined in the XML schema to get data

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the system coerces data into a type defined in the XML schema.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein further comprising an interpreter to evaluate the script.

9. An interpreter to executing a script in accordance with a scripting language, the scripting language including an import function to import an XML schema such that the definitions of the XML schema are used to interpret the script.

10. The interpreter of claim 9, wherein a type definition of the XML schema is used to interpret the script.

11. The interpreter of claim 10, wherein at least one of the type definitions is a complex type definition.

12. The interpreter of claim 10, wherein a function in the script interprets data according to the type definition in the XML schema.

13. The interpreter of claim 9, wherein the script includes a validate method to check if an XML schema data constraint is violated.

14. The interpreter of claim 9, wherein script uses a keyref dereference operator to use a keyref defined in the XML schema to get data

15. The interpreter of claim 9, wherein the system coerces data into a type defined in the XML schema.

16. A computer executable method comprising:

importing an XML schema for a script, the script allowing the manipulation of an Xml document; and

using definitions of the XML schema to interpret the script.

17. The computer executable method of claim 16, wherein a type definition of the XML schema is used to interpret the script.

18. The computer executable method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the type definitions is a complex type definition.

19. The computer executable method of claim 16, wherein a function in the script interprets data according to the type definition in the XML schema.

20. The computer executable method of claim 16, wherein the script includes a validate method to check if an XML schema data constraint is violated.

21. The computer executable method of claim 16, wherein script uses a keyref dereference operator to use a keyref defined in the XML schema to get data

22. The computer executable method of claim 16, further comprising coercing data into a type defined in the XML schema.