METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECTLY MAPPING WEB SERVICES INTERFACES AND JAVA INTERFACES

• US 20100077070A1
• Filed: 12/02/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: Chavdar S. Baikov, Dimitar Angelov
• Inventors: Angelov, Dimitar, Baikov, Chavdar S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,589,518 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A method and system for directly mapping web services interfaces and Java interfaces. In one embodiment, a web services mapping is generated from a common mapping descriptor associated with a web services interface; updated mapping information is received, and, based on the web services mapping and the updated mapping information, a customized interface comprising a common web services and web services client interface is generated.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

generating a web services mapping from a common mapping descriptor associated with a web services interface;

receiving updated mapping information; and

generating, based on the web services mapping and the updated mapping information, a customized interface comprising a common web services and web services client interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the common mapping descriptor comprises a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the common mapping descriptor comprises at least one of a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) interface mapping model and a Schema-to-Java mappings model.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the customized interface comprises a service endpoint interface, the service endpoint interface including a web services client proxy and a web services implementation endpoint.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the updated mapping information comprises common mapping information for a web services and a web services client.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the updated mapping information is received from an administrative tool.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a direct mapping between a web services interface and a web services client interface.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the updated mapping information in the common mapping descriptor.

4. A system, comprising:

an initialization module to initialize a web services mapping from a common mapping descriptor associated with a web services interface; and

a proxy generator to

receive updated mapping information, and

generate, based on the web services mapping and the updated mapping information, a customized interface comprising a common web services and a web services client interface.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the common mapping descriptor comprises a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file.

6. The system of claim 4, the common mapping descriptor comprises at least one of a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) interface mapping model and a Schema-to-Java mappings model.

16. The system of claim 4, wherein the customized interface comprises a service endpoint interface, the service endpoint interface including a web services client proxy and a web services implementation endpoint.

17. The system of claim 4, wherein the updated mapping information comprises common mapping information for a web services and a web services client.

18. The system of claim 4, further comprising an administrative tool to provide the updated mapping information.

19. The system of claim 4, wherein the proxy generator is to generate a direct mapping between a web services interface and a web services client interface.

20. The system of claim 4, wherein the proxy generator is to store the updated mapping information in the common mapping descriptor.

7. A machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon data representing sets of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

generating a web services mapping from a common mapping descriptor associated with a web services interface;

receiving updated mapping information; and

generating, based on the web services mapping and the updated mapping information, a customized interface comprising a common web services and a web services client interface.

8. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the updated mapping information comprises common mapping information for a web services and a web services client.

9. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein method further comprising receiving the updated mapping information from an administrative tool.

10. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises generating a direct mapping between a web services interface and a web services client interface.