DATA TRANSLATION USING A PROXY SERVICE

• US 20170187818A1
• Filed: 12/29/2015
• Published: 06/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hunter, James David, Haswell, Josiah Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 10,063,649 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0226 Mapping or translating multiple network management protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols

Abstract

A proxy service receives first data from a source component. The first data is encoded in accordance with a first encoding technique. It is determined whether the first data is valid. In response to a determination that the first data is valid, the proxy service generates second data based, at least in part, on the first data and sends the second data to the target component. The second data is encoded in accordance with a second encoding technique.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a proxy service, first data from a source component, wherein the first data is encoded in accordance with a first encoding technique;

determining that the first data is valid based, at least in part, on a service definition associated with a target component; and

in response to determining that the first data is valid,

generating, by the proxy service, second data based, at least in part, on the first data, wherein the second data is encoded in accordance with a

second encoding technique; and

sending the second data to the target component.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the target component is a service, the method further comprising:

determining, by the proxy service, that the proxy service does not implement the service definition associated with the target component;

in response to determining that the proxy service does not implement the service definition, determining, by the proxy service, the service definition; and

in response to determining the service definition, implementing the service definition;

wherein determining whether the first data is valid is in response to implementing the service definition.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the proxy service, third data from the source component, wherein the third data is encoded in accordance with the first encoding technique;

determining that the third data is not valid based, at least in part, on the service definition associated with the target component; and

in response to determining that the third data is not valid, generating an error response;

encoding the error response in accordance with the first encoding technique; and

sending the encoded error response to the source component.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the first data is valid comprises:

determining that a target service identified by the first data is a valid target service; and

determining that the first data conforms to the service definition, wherein the proxy service implements the service definition.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the first data is valid comprises:

identifying a target component identifier and an operation identifier based, at least in part, on the first data;

generating a first indication comprising the target component identifier and the operation identifier; and

determining that the first indication is in a data structure comprising a plurality of indications, wherein a determination that the first indication is in the data structure comprises a determination that the first data is valid.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving the target component identifier and the operation identifier;

generating a second indication comprising the target component identifier and the operation identifier; and

inserting the second indication into the data structure.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the second data to the target component comprises sending the second data from a first computing system to a second computing system, wherein the proxy service is located on the first computing system and the target component is located on the second computing system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first data comprises receiving the first data via a first network, wherein sending the second data comprises sending the second data via a second network.

9. One or more machine readable storage media having program code stored therein, the program code comprising instructions to:

receive, from a client, a first message, wherein the first message is encoded in accordance with a first protocol, wherein the first message comprises a request to perform an operation defined in a service definition, wherein the request to perform the operation comprises a first parameter;

identify a target service associated with the first message;

determine whether the first message is valid based, at least in part, on the service definition;

in response to a determination that the first message is valid, generate a second message based, at least in part, on the first message, wherein the second message is encoded in accordance with a second protocol; and

send the second message to the target service.

10. The machine readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the first message comprises a request to perform an operation and a parameter associated with the operation, wherein the operation and the parameter are defined in a service definition implemented by the target service.

11. The machine readable storage media of claim 10, wherein the instructions to determine whether the first message is valid comprise instructions to:

determine that the target service is a valid target service;

determine that the operation is defined in the service definition; and

determine that the parameter conforms to the service definition.

12. The machine readable storage media of claim 10, wherein the instructions to determine whether the first message is valid comprise instructions to:

generate an indication comprising at least one of a target service identifier corresponding to the target service, an operation identifier corresponding to the operation, and a parameter identifier corresponding to the parameter;

determine whether a hash-based index structure indicates that the first message may be valid based, at least in part, on the indication; and

in response to a determination that the hash-based index structure indicates that the first message may be valid, determine whether a prefix tree includes the indication.

13. The machine readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the program code further comprises instructions to:

in response to a determination that the first message is not valid, generate a third message, wherein the third message is encoded in accordance with the first protocol; and

send the third message to the client.

14. The machine readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the program code further comprises instructions to:

receive, from the target service, a third message, wherein the third message is encoded in accordance with the second protocol;

generate a fourth message based, at least in part, on the third message, wherein the fourth message is encoded in accordance with the first protocol; and

send the fourth message to the target service.

15. A system comprising:

a first computing system comprising,

a first processor; and

a first machine readable medium having program code executable by the first processor to cause the first computing system to,

determine that first data has been received, wherein the first data has been serialized using a first serialization technique;

unserialize the first data into second data;

determine whether a target service specified by the second data is valid;

determine whether the second data conforms to a service definition implemented by the target service;

in response to a determination that the target service is valid and a determination that the second data conforms to the service definition, serialize the second data into third data, wherein the third data is serialized using a second serialization technique; and

send the third data to the target service.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a second computing system comprising,

a second processor; and

a second machine readable medium having program code executable by the second processor to cause the second computing system to, determine that the third data has been received;

unserialize the third data into fourth data; and

perform an operation identified by the fourth data.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the first data is received from a client, wherein the first computing system comprises a gateway between a network comprising the client and a network comprising the second computing system.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the first machine readable medium further comprises program code executable by the first processor to cause the first computing system to:

determine that fourth data has been received, wherein the fourth data has been serialized using the second serialization technique;

unserialize the fourth data into fifth data;

determine a client component specified by the fifth data;

serialize the fifth data into sixth data, wherein the sixth data is serialized using the first serialization technique; and

send the sixth data to the client component.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the first machine readable medium further comprises program code executable by the first processor to cause the first computing system to:

identify the target service based, at least in part, on the first data;

determine that the service definition is not implemented;

retrieve the service definition; and

implement the service definition;

wherein the program code executable by the first processor to cause the first computing system to determine whether the second data conforms to the service definition comprises program code executable by the first process to cause the first computing system to determine whether the second data conforms to the service definition in response to implementing the service definition.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the second serialization technique is a high performance serialization technique relative to the first serialization technique.