Method and Apparatus for Polymorphic Serialization

• US 20120072477A1
• Filed: 09/19/2011
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Carter, Wayne, Tadepalli, Sridhar, Yaseen, Rahim
• Granted Patent: US 9,026,583 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

Polymorphic serialization is disclosed. In one embodiment polymorphic serialization may include generating a first reply in response to receiving a first request from a first device, the first reply including first content in a first serialization format. The first reply is transmitted to the first device via a first communication link. A second reply may be generated in response to receiving a second request from a second device, the second reply including second content in a second serialization format. The second reply is transmitted to the second device via a second communication link. The first and second devices are distinct from each other, and the first and second serialization formats are distinct from each other.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in response to receiving a first request from a first device, generating a first reply that comprises first content in a first serialization format;

transmitting the first reply to the first device via a first communication link;

in response to receiving a second request from a second device, generating a second reply that comprises second content in a second serialization format;

transmitting the second reply to the second device via a second communication link;

wherein the first and second devices are distinct from each other;

wherein the first and second serialization formats are distinct from each other.

2. The method of claim 1:

wherein generating the first reply comprises generating the first content, wherein generating the first content comprises binding a copy of first data with a copy of a portion of an application definition;

wherein generating the second reply comprises generating the second content, wherein generating the second content comprises binding another copy of the first data with another copy of the portion of the application definition.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first content is identical to the second content.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the portion of the application definition comprises a plurality of tags, wherein each tag of the plurality is designated as a first type of tag, a second type of tag, or a third type of tag.

5. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

the first device deserializing the first content in response to the first device receiving the first reply;

the first device displaying a first page in response to the first device deserializing the first content;

the second device deserializing the second content in response to the second device receiving the second reply;

the second device displaying a second page in response to the first device deserializing the first content;

wherein the first and second pages are visually distinctive.

6. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

the first device deserializing the first content in response to the first device receiving the first reply;

the first device displaying a first page in response to the first device deserializing the first content;

wherein the first page comprises visual representations of the first data and visual representations of a first component defined in the portion of the application definition.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising

the second device deserializing the second content in response to the second device receiving the second reply;

the second device displaying a second page in response to the first device deserializing the first content;

wherein the second page comprises visual representations of the first data but not a visual representation of the first component defined in the portion of the application definition.

8. The method of claim 1:

wherein the first request comprises data that directly or indirectly indicates that the first device is configured to deserialize replies that contain content in the first serialization format;

wherein the second request comprises data that directly or indirectly indicates that the second device is configured to deserialize replies that contain content in the second serialization format.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

a first serializer serializing the first content to generate the first content in the first serialization format;

a second serializer serializing the second content to generate the second content in the second serialization format;

wherein the first and second serializers are distinct from each other.

10. A computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a computer system, wherein the computer system implements a method in response to executing the instructions, the method comprising:

in response to receiving a first request from a first device, generating a first reply that comprises first content in a first serialization format;

transmitting the first reply to the first device via a first communication link;

in response to receiving a second request from a second device, generating a second reply that comprises second content in a second serialization format;

transmitting the second reply to the second device via a second communication link;

wherein the first and second devices are distinct from each other;

wherein the first and second serialization formats are distinct from each other.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10:

wherein generating the first reply comprises generating the first content, wherein generating the first content comprises binding a copy of first data with a copy of a portion of an application definition;

wherein generating the second reply comprises generating the second content, wherein generating the second content comprises binding another copy of the first data with another copy of the portion of the application definition.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein the first content is identical to the second content.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein the portion of the application definition comprises a plurality of tags, wherein each tag of the plurality is designated as a first type of tag, a second type of tag, or a third type of tag.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 10:

wherein the first request comprises data that directly or indirectly indicates that the first device is configured to deserialize replies that contain content in the first serialization format;

wherein the second request comprises data that directly or indirectly indicates that the second device is configured to deserialize replies that contain content in the second serialization format.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a first module for generating and transmitting a first reply that comprises first content in a first serialization format in response to the apparatus receiving a first request from a first device, wherein the first reply is transmitted to the first device via a first communication link;

a second module for generating a second reply that comprises second content in a second serialization format in response to the apparatus receiving a second request from a second device, wherein the second reply is transmitted to the second device via a second communication link;

wherein the first and second serialization formats are distinct from each other.

16. The apparatus of claim 15:

wherein the first module is configured to generate the first content by binding a copy of first data with a copy of a portion of an application definition;

wherein the second module is configured to generate the second content by binding another copy of the first data with another copy of the portion of the application definition.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the first content is identical to the second content.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the portion of the application definition comprises a plurality of tags, wherein each tag of the plurality is designated as a first type of tag, a second type of tag, or a third type of tag.

19. A method comprising:

transmitting instructions to a computer system for storage therein, wherein the computer system is configured to implement a method in response to executing the instructions, the method comprising;

in response to receiving a first request from a first device, generating a first reply that comprises first content in a first serialization format;

transmitting the first reply to the first device via a first communication link;

in response to receiving a second request from a second device, generating a second reply that comprises second content in a second serialization format;

transmitting the second reply to the second device via a second communication link;

wherein the first and second serialization formats are distinct from each other.

20. (canceled)