Providing remote processing services over a distributed communications network
First Claim
1. A method, executed in a computer system, for automatically creating data exchange schema data on a network server corresponding to remote processing services provided by the network server for source code corresponding to data processing objects used to provide the remote processing services upon receipt of a request from a client, the method comprising:
- storing a source code file within the mass storage of the server;
receiving a processing service request;
determining the processing service to be performed by examining one or more items of payload data in the processing service request;
determining if a compiled version of the data processing object for the processing service requested is stored in a web services library;
if the data processing object is not stored in the web services library, compiling the source code file to generate a data processing object, the data processing object providing the requested processing service;
automatically generating the data exchange schema data that specifies how to exchange data between the server and the client for the data processing object, the data exchange schema data generated when the source code file is compiled to generate the data processing object, the data exchange schema data being a separate description fromstoring both the data exchange schema data and the data processing object within the web services library for use by subsequent processing service requests;
receiving a first subsequent processing service request from a subsequent client;
determining if a compiled version of the data processing object is stored in the web services library;
if the data processing object is stored in the web services library, separately providing the data exchange schema data to the subsequent client, the subsequent client determining format and function of input and output arguments of the data processing object from the data exchange schema data;
receiving a second subsequent processing service request from the subsequent client, the second subsequent processing service request comprised of payload data received in accordance with the data exchange schema data;
in response to receiving the subsequent payload data in the second subsequent processing request, executing the data processing object to generate a response; and
sending the response to the subsequent client.
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Abstract
Internet web servers provide processing services, in addition to data and visual content, to provide remote clients with access to processing services located on servers. The client processes communicate with these service providing servers over a distributed network like the Internet using standard HTTP communications protocol and XML data exchange language. Client processes send an HTTP request to a remote server for processing. This processing request may contain input data that is to be used in responding to the request. The server processes the request using the input data, and possibly other data obtained from remote databases, and returns a resultant XML specified data packet. This processing requests, may be initiated using a web browser from an HTML based web page or using a smart client process that simply sends a processing request along with input data and consumes the resultant data packet. The server provides these web services accessed by the client process by allowing the client to access a URL referencing a source code file containing class specifications that may be dynamically compiled into an executable object whenever an executable object corresponding to the current version of the source code referenced by a URL does not exist on the server.
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16 Claims
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1. A method, executed in a computer system, for automatically creating data exchange schema data on a network server corresponding to remote processing services provided by the network server for source code corresponding to data processing objects used to provide the remote processing services upon receipt of a request from a client, the method comprising:
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storing a source code file within the mass storage of the server; receiving a processing service request; determining the processing service to be performed by examining one or more items of payload data in the processing service request; determining if a compiled version of the data processing object for the processing service requested is stored in a web services library; if the data processing object is not stored in the web services library, compiling the source code file to generate a data processing object, the data processing object providing the requested processing service; automatically generating the data exchange schema data that specifies how to exchange data between the server and the client for the data processing object, the data exchange schema data generated when the source code file is compiled to generate the data processing object, the data exchange schema data being a separate description from storing both the data exchange schema data and the data processing object within the web services library for use by subsequent processing service requests; receiving a first subsequent processing service request from a subsequent client; determining if a compiled version of the data processing object is stored in the web services library; if the data processing object is stored in the web services library, separately providing the data exchange schema data to the subsequent client, the subsequent client determining format and function of input and output arguments of the data processing object from the data exchange schema data; receiving a second subsequent processing service request from the subsequent client, the second subsequent processing service request comprised of payload data received in accordance with the data exchange schema data; in response to receiving the subsequent payload data in the second subsequent processing request, executing the data processing object to generate a response; and sending the response to the subsequent client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable storage medium executable by a computing system and encoding instructions for automatically creating data exchange schema data on a network server corresponding to remote processing services provided by the network server for source code corresponding to data processing objects used to provide the remote processing services upon receipt of a request from a client process, the computer process comprising:
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storing a source code file within the mass storage of the server; receiving a processing service request; determining the processing service to be performed by examining one or more items of payload data in the processing service request; determining if a compiled version of the data processing object for the processing service requested is stored in a web services library; if the data processing object is not stored in the web services library, compiling the source code file to generate a data processing object, the data processing object providing the requested processing service; automatically generating the data exchange schema data that specifies how to exchange data between the server and the client for the data processing object, the data exchange schema data generated when the source code file is compiled to generate the data processing object, the data exchange schema data being separate from the data processing object; storing both the data exchange schema data and the data processing object within the web services library for use by subsequent processing service requests; and receiving a first subsequent processing service request from a subsequent client; determining if a compiled version of the data processing object is stored in the web services library; if the data processing object is stored in the web services library, separately providing the data exchange schema data to a subsequent client, the subsequent client determining format and function of input and output arguments of the data processing object from the data exchange schema data; receiving a second subsequent processing service request from the subsequent client, the second subsequent processing service request comprised of payload data received in accordance with the data exchange schema data; in response to receiving the subsequent payload data, in the second subsequent processing request, executing the data processing object to generate a response; and sending the response to the subsequent client. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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