Transaction Aware, Flexible Interface For A State Correlation And Transition Execution Engine

• US 20100146243A1
• Filed: 12/04/2008
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Balko, Soren, Miltz, Matthias, Klinker, Boris
• Granted Patent: US 9,058,572 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 712/33
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/465 Distributed object oriented systems remote method invocation [RMI] G06F9/548
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for state alignment and transaction coupling to enable reliable communication between an application, such as a backend system, and a correlation engine (or rules engine). In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may provide a first interface to receive information from an adapter for an application separate from a state correlation engine and provide a second interface to receive information from the state correlation engine to the adapter. The first and second interfaces may provide state alignment between the application and the state correlation engine. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium containing instructions to configure a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

providing a first interface to receive information from an adapter for an application separate from a state correlation engine; and

providing a second interface to receive information from the state correlation engine to the adapter, the first and second interfaces providing state alignment between the application and the state correlation engine.

2. The computer-implemented medium of claim 1, wherein the first and second interfaces further provide transactional coupling between the application and the state correlation engine.

3. The computer-implemented medium of claim 1, wherein the first and second interfaces are accessed to provide an alignment of a lifecycle between the application and the state correlation engine.

4. The computer-implemented medium of claim 3, wherein providing the alignment of the lifecycle includes accessing the first interface to provide, to the state correlation engine, a notification of whether or not that the adapter is available.

5. The computer-implemented medium of claim 1, wherein the second interface is accessed to transactionally deploy a configuration to an adapter and to customize the behavior of the adapter and the application.

6. The computer-implemented medium of claim 1, wherein providing state alignment between the application and the state correlation engine includes the first and second interfaces providing a bi-directional exchange of events between the adapter and the state correlation engine and to couple an internal transaction to an external transaction.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing a first interface to receive information from an adapter for an application separate from a state correlation engine; and

providing a second interface to receive information from the state correlation engine to the adapter, the first and second interfaces providing state alignment between the application and the state correlation engine.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the first and second interfaces further provide transactional coupling between the application and the state correlation engine.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the first and second interfaces are accessed to provide an alignment of a lifecycle between the application and the state correlation engine.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein providing the alignment of the lifecycle includes accessing the first interface to provide, to the state correlation engine, a notification of whether or not that the adapter is available.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein second interface is accessed to transactionally deploy configuration to an adapter and to customize the behavior of the adapter and the application.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein providing state alignment between the application and the state correlation engine includes the first and second interfaces providing a bidirectional exchange of events between the adapter and the state correlation engine and to couple an internal transaction to an external transaction.

13. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, the processor and memory configured to perform a method comprising;

providing a first interface to receive information from an adapter for an application separate from a state correlation engine; and

providing a second interface to receive information from the state correlation engine to the adapter, the first and second interfaces providing state alignment between the application and the state correlation engine.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first and second interfaces further provide transactional coupling between the application and the state correlation engine.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the first and second interfaces are accessed to provide an alignment of a lifecycle between the application and the state correlation engine.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein providing the alignment of the lifecycle includes accessing the first interface to provide, to the state correlation engine, a notification of whether or not that the adapter is available.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the second interface is accessed to transactionally deploy configuration to an adapter and to customize the behavior of the adapter and the application

18. The system of claim 13, wherein providing state alignment between the application and the state correlation engine includes the first and second interfaces providing a bidirectional exchange of events between the adapter and the state correlation engine and to couple an internal transaction to an external transaction.