XML SCRIPTING OF SOAP COMMANDS

• US 20120158982A1
• Filed: 10/04/2011
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PTC Inc.
• Original Assignee: Axeda (PTC Inc.)
• Inventors: Hansen, James R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,752,074 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/81 Indexing, e.g. XML tags; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/83 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45508 Runtime interpretation or emulation, e g. emulator loops, bytecode interpretation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0266 using meta-data, objects or commands for formatting management information, e.g. using eXtensible markup language [XML]
• 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 computer-implemented method processes a simple object access protocol (SOAP) command. The method includes interpreting an XML script to perform a function contained in the XML script, the XML script containing the SOAP command, parsing the SOAP command from the XML script, and passing the SOAP command to a SOAP interpreter for execution.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for processing a simple object access protocol (SOAP) command, comprising:

interpreting an XML script to perform a function contained in the XML script, the XML script containing the SOAP command;

parsing the SOAP command from the XML script; and

passing the SOAP command to a SOAP interpreter for execution.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein plural SOAP commands are contained in the XML script;

and

the method further comprises passing the plural SOAP commands to the SOAP interpreter.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plural SOAP commands are executed in a sequence specified by the XML script.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one of an argument and a return value from the SOAP command following execution of the SOAP command; and

storing the argument as a variable in the XML script.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the XML script declares a variable; and

a value of the variable is passed as an argument to the SOAP command prior to executing the SOAP command.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises a conditional statement.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the conditional statement comprises an If-Then statement or an If-Then-Else statement.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises a control statement that affects a sequence of execution of the XML script and/or the SOAP command.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the control statement comprises a loop.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises an exception handler that affects a sequence of execution of the XML script and/or the SOAP command when an error condition exists.

11-71. -71. (canceled)