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INTERFACING AN APPLICATION TO DATA SOURCES VIA A WEB SERVICE INTERFACE

  • US 20090307190A1
  • Filed: 06/06/2008
  • Published: 12/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a computing device for adding data sources for an application, the method comprising:

  • identifying web services that are available, the web services providing access to data sources;

    receiving from a user of the application a selection of an available web service;

    sending to the selected web service a request for a definition document describing services provided by the selected web service, the definition document describing methods and parameters of the methods to be used when requesting a service;

    upon receiving the definition document, parsing the definition document to identify the methods and parameters of the methods;

    receiving from a user a mapping of original names of methods and parameters as specified in the definition document to display names for use in displaying to a user;

    receiving a selection of methods of the definition document and bindings of input and output parameters of the methods to data of the application;

    sending a request to the selected web service that includes, for each selected method, input parameters retrieved from the data of the application as indicated by the bindings; and

    receiving a response from the selected web service that includes, for each selected method, output parameters that are stored in the data of the application as indicated by the bindings.

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