System and method for automated code generation using language neutral software code

• US 7,263,686 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2003
• Issued: 08/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation (Perspecta, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sadiq, Waqar
• Primary Examiner(s): Dam; Tuan
• Assistant Examiner(s): KENDALL, CHUCK O
• Application Number:
  US10/407,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20040148588A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• Field of Search: 717100-123, 707/513
• US Class Current: 717/110
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/016 After-sales

Abstract

A system and method for composing, configuring, deploying, and managing services in a data processing system and data processing system network. This system provides a means for application infrastructure services to insert specific programming code in the generated code. When code generator starts, it also loads the plugs for the infrastructure services being used by the container. The code generator creates XML documents for all the code that it wants to generate. It then invokes the infrastructure service plugs and provides them an opportunity to add code specific to them by passing the XML documents representing the code to be generated. Once all the plugs have added their code, the code generator converts the XML documents back into either language specific code or configuration code, as necessary.

Claims

1. A method for customizing services, comprising:

loading an initial code document;

passing the initial code document to at least one service plug;

modifying the initial code document, by the service plug, to produce a modified code document; and

generating a service-plug-specific program code package from the modified code document,

whereby the service-plug-specific program code package has been automatically customized to work with the service plug.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial code document and modified code document are XML code documents.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the service-plug-specific program code package is a platform-specific package.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial code document is modified by a series of service plugs.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the service plug represents an interface to an infrastructure service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the service plug adds service-specific XML code to the initial code document.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed when a service container is created.

8. A data processing system having at least a processing and an accessible memory, comprising:

means for loading an initial code document;

means for passing the initial code document to at least one service plug;

means for modifying the initial code document, by the service plug, to produce a modified code document; and

means for generating a service-plug-specific program code package from the modified code document,

whereby the service-plug-specific program code package has been automatically customized to work with the service plug.

9. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the initial code document and modified code document are XML code documents.

10. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the service-plug-specific program code package is a platform-specific package.

11. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the initial code document is modified by a series of service plugs.

12. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the service plug represents an interface to an infrastructure service.

13. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the service plug adds service-specific XML code to the initial code document.

14. The data processing system of claim 8, further comprising means for creating a service container.

15. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, comprising:

instructions for loading an initial code document;

instructions for passing the initial code document to at least one service plug;

instructions for modifying the initial code document, by the service plug, to produce a modified code document; and

instructions for generating a service-plug-specific program code package from the modified code document,

whereby the service-plug-specific program code package has been automatically customized to work with the service plug.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the initial code document and modified code document are XML code documents.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the service-plug-specific program code package is a platform-specific package.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the initial code document is modified by a series of service plugs.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the service plug represents an interface to an infrastructure service.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the service plug adds service-specific XML code to the initial code document.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising instructions for creating a service container.