Computer software method for administering batch jobs

• US 7,353,514 B1
• Filed: 10/27/2000
• Issued: 04/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Camp, Brandon, Mwaura, James G.
• Primary Examiner(s): An; Meng-Al T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tang; Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US09/698,729
• Time in Patent Office: 2,713 Days
• Field of Search: 709 1-108, 709310-400, 718 1-108, 719310-400
• US Class Current: 718/101
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/482 Application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5038 considering the execution order of a plurality of tasks, e.g. taking priority or time dependency constraints into consideration scheduling strategies G06F9/4881 and subgroups
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for processing batch jobs. A batch job is wrapped to create an application programming interface for communication with a batch framework. The batch framework comprises a batch dispatcher class, and the batch dispatcher class further comprises a method to execute the batch job. The batch framework is invoked according to a predetermined schedule. The batch job may reside locally with the batch framework remotely from the batch framework. In a preferred embodiment, the batch framework is invoked by a scheduling service, preferably the AutoSys scheduling service on Unix platform. The AutoSys scheduling service further executes a command line parameter, either a Unix shell script or a Windows NT batch file.

Claims

1. A method for processing a batch job, comprising:

wrapping the batch job to create an application programming interface for communication with a batch framework, the batch framework comprising a batch dispatcher class, and the batch dispatcher class further comprising a method to execute the batch job, wherein the batch job performs a repetitive, low priority task that typically requires no direct external input; and

invoking the batch framework according to a predetermined schedule via execution of a command line parameter, wherein the method provides for efficient reuse of programming code and platform independence by encapsulating the batch job and providing a uniform application programming interface for processing the batch job according to the method.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the batch job resides locally with the batch framework.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the batch job resides remotely from the batch framework.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the batch framework is invoked by a scheduling service.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the batch framework is invoked by a scheduling service.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein the batch framework is invoked by a scheduling service.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein the scheduling service is AutoSys.

8. The method of claim 7 where the AutoSys further executes the command line parameter.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the command line parameter is a Unix shell script.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the command line parameter is a Windows NT batch file.

11. The method of claim 5 wherein the scheduling service is AutoSys.

12. The method of claim 11 where the AutoSys further executes the command line parameter.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the command line parameter is a Unix shell script.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the command line parameter is a Windows NT batch file.

15. The method of claim 6 wherein the scheduling service is AutoSys.

16. The method of claim 15 where the AutoSys further executes the command line parameter.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the command line parameter is a Unix shell script.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the command line parameter is a Windows NT batch file.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein the batch framework is a Java framework.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein the application programming interface for communication with the batch framework is a Java application programming interface.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein the command line parameter comprises a class name, a method name, and one or more method parameters.