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Method and system for dispatching service requests to sub-applications

  • US 7,257,819 B1
  • Filed: 04/30/2001
  • Issued: 08/14/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a computer system for dispatching requests to perform services to sub-applications that use different logic models the method comprising:

  • providing a context for the sub-applicationsreceiving a request from a client computer to perform a service; and

    for a plurality of sub-applications,determining whether the received request should be dispatched to the sub-application; and

    when it is determined that the request should be dispatched to the sub-application, invoking a service routine of the sub-application passing the requestwhereby the sub-applications share the provided context;

    wherein the determining includes determining whether a match criteria for the sub-application matches the received request;

    wherein the requests are HTTP requests with a URL and the match criteria is a regular expression relating to the URL;

    wherein a respective service routine is invoked for the request with respect to each of at least two of the sub-applications;

    wherein the sub-applications are ordered and the invoking of the service routines of the at least two sub-applications is performed in the order of the sub-applications; and

    wherein when it is determined that the request should not be dispatched to any sub-application, an error is logged.

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