Remote procedure calling expression generation system

• US 6,804,723 B1
• Filed: 08/23/2000
• Issued: 10/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Horikiri, Kazunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Hosain
• Assistant Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US09/643,738
• Time in Patent Office: 1,511 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/217, 709/219, 709/226, 709/330, 709/315
• US Class Current: 719/330
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

To dynamically and efficiently generate URL for a complex remote procedure call composed by combining plural procedure servers in WWW resource space, a hyperobject is provided with a URL generation rule storage section for storing a URL generation rule for generating URL as a procedure calling expression, an attribute storage section for storing an attribute value and a link storage section for storing link information of the other hyperobjects. The URL generation rule is described according to a predetermined syntax rule for describing a URL generation rule element for the reference to an attribute value and a link. The hyperobject includes procedures that interprets the URL generation rule and refers to a value of an attribute included as a generation rule element and processing for acquiring each of the result of the generation of URL in a linked hyperobject. The processing is activated in response to a request for generating URL and a procedure calling expression in a URL format is dynamically generated. A request for generating URL is reflexively issued to a linked hyperobject.

Claims

1. A remote procedure calling expression generation system for generating a remote procedure calling expression for requesting a service composed by combining plural procedures in a resource space in which a resource object and a procedure for processing the resource object are distributed, the system comprising:

plural hyperobject means, each of which comprises;

procedure calling expression generation rule storage means for storing a procedure calling expression generation rule for generating a procedure calling expression;

one or more attribute storage means for storing an attribute value; and

link storage means for storing one or more pieces of link information of the other hyperobject means, wherein;

the procedure calling expression generation rule stored in the procedure calling expression generation rule storage means is composed of a character string according to a predetermined syntax rule for describing one or more generation rule elements composed of a reference to the attribute value and/or a reference to a result of the generation of the procedure calling expression in linked hyperobject means; and

the hyperobject means is activated in response to a request for generating the procedure calling expression, the system further comprising;

generation rule element extracting means for interpreting the procedure calling expression generation rule stored in the procedure calling expression generation rule storage means according to the predetermined syntax rule and extracting the generation rule element;

means for searching the attribute storage means if the extracted generation rule element is the reference to the attribute value and substituting a corresponding attribute value for the generation rule element; and

means for issuing the request for generating the procedure calling expression to the linked hyperobject means if the extracted generation rule element is the reference to the result of the generation of a procedure calling expression in the linked hyperobject means and substituting the result of the generation of the procedure calling expression by the linked hyperobject means for the generation rule element.

2. The remote procedure calling expression generation system according to claim 1, wherein the hyperobject means is a program for generating a hypertext.

3. A remote procedure calling expression generation system for generating a URL for requesting a service composed by combining plural procedure servers in a WWW resource space in which an HTTP object and a procedure for processing the HTTP object are distributed, the system comprising:

plural hyperobject means, each of which comprising;

URL generation rule storage means for storing a URL generation rule for generating a URL as a procedure calling expression;

one or more attribute storage means for storing an attribute value; and

linked storage means for storing one or more pieces of link information of the other hyperobject means, wherein;

the URL generation rule stored in the URL generation rule storage means is composed of a character string according to a predetermined syntax rule for describing one or more URL generation rule elements composed of a reference to the attribute value and/or a reference to a result of the generation of the URL in linked hyperobject means; and

the hyperobject means is activated in response to a request for generating the URL, the system further comprising;

URL generation rule element extracting means for interpreting the URL generation rule stored in the URL generation rule storage means according to the predetermined syntax rule and extracting the URL generation rule element;

means for searching the attribute storage means if the extracted URL generation rule element is the reference to the attribute value and substituting a corresponding attribute value for the URL generation rule element; and

means for issuing the request for generating the URL to the linked hyperobject means if the extracted URL generation rule element is the reference to the result of the generation of the URL in the linked hyperobject means and substituting the result of the generation of the URL by the linked hyperobject means for the URL generation rule element.

4. A hyperobject for generating a remote procedure calling expression for requesting a service composed by combining plural procedures in a resource space in which a resource object and a procedure for processing the resource object are distributed, the hyperobject comprising:

procedure calling expression generation rule storage means for storing a procedure calling expression generating rule for generating a procedure calling expression;

one or more attribute storage means for storing an attribute value; and

link storage means for storing one or more pieces of link information of the other hyperobjects, wherein;

the procedure calling expression generation rule stored in the procedure calling expression generation rule storage means is composed of a character string according to a predetermined syntax rule for describing one or more generation rule elements composed of a reference to an attribute value and/or a reference to a result of the generation of the procedure calling expression in a linked hyperobject; and

the hyperobject is activated in response to a request for generating the procedure calling expression, the hyperobject further comprising;

means for interpreting the procedure calling expression generation rule stored in the procedure calling expression generation rule storage means according to the predetermined syntax rule and extracting the generation rule element;

means for searching the attribute storage means if the extracted generation rule element is the reference to the attribute value and substituting a corresponding attribute value for the generation rule element; and

means for issuing the request for generating the procedure calling expression to the linked hyperobject if the extracted generation rule element is the reference to the result of the generation of the procedure calling expression in the linked hyperobject and substituting the result of the generation of the procedure calling expression by the linked hyperobject for the generation rule element.

5. The hyperobject according to claim 4, wherein the hyperobject is an object-oriented program for generating a hypertext.

6. A hyperobject for generating a URL for requesting a service composed by combining plural procedure servers in a WWW resource space in which an HTTP object and a procedure for processing the HTTP object are distributed, the hyperobject comprising:

URL generation rule storage means for storing a URL generation rule for generating a URL as a procedure calling expression;

one or more attribute storage means for storing an attribute value; and

link storage means for storing one or more pieces of link information of the other hyperobjects, wherein;

the URL generation rule stored in the URL generation rule storage means is composed of a character string according to a predetermined syntax rule for describing one or more URL generation rule elements composed of a reference to the attribute value and/or a reference to a result of the generation of the URL in a linked hyperobject; and

the hyperobject is activated in response to a request for generating the URL, the hyperobject further comprising;

means for interpreting the URL generation rule stored in the URL generation rule storage means according to the predetermined syntax rule and extracting the URL generation rule element;

means for searching the attribute storage means if the extracted URL generation rule element is the reference to the attribute value and substituting a corresponding attribute value for the URL generation rule element; and

means for issuing the request for generating the URL to the linked hyperobject if the extracted URL generation rule element is the reference to the result of the generation of the URL in the linked hyperobject and substituting the result of the generation of the URL by the linked hyperobject for the URL generation rule element.