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Method and apparatus for creating, sending, and using self-descriptive objects as messages over a message queuing network

  • US 6,848,108 B1
  • Filed: 06/30/1998
  • Issued: 01/25/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a message queuing network comprising a first message queuing machine and a second message queuing machine, a method for sending a self-descriptive dictionary object from a sending application to a recipient application, the method comprising the steps of:

  • the sending application passing the dictionary object to the first message queuing machine to deliver to the second message queuing machine;

    the first message queuing machine invoking a method of the dictionary object to serialize the dictionary object;

    the first message queuing machine sending the serialized dictionary object in a message object to the second message queuing machine;

    the second message queuing machine receiving the message object and instantiating and loading the serialized dictionary object into an unserialized dictionary object;

    the second message queuing machine passing the unserialized dictionary object to the recipient application;

    the recipient application identifying a data element in the unserialized dictionary object received from the second message queuing machine having a data type not recognized by the recipient application; and

    the recipient application sending a query to the first message queuing machine to learn about said data type.

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