Apparatus, system, and method for signaling logical errors in an EIS remote function call

• US 7,594,141 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2006
• Issued: 09/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, ServiceNow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kalavacharla, Muralidhar, Lee, Peter Bow Kwong, Wintroub, Alan Michael, Khan, Zafrulla, Raghav, Sandeep
• Primary Examiner(s): Beausoliel; Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ehne; Charles
• Application Number:
  US11/420,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20070294597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,215 Days
• Field of Search: 714/4, 714/26, 714/38
• US Class Current: 714/38.12
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0772 Means for error signaling, e.g. using interrupts, exception flags, dedicated error registers

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to signal a logical error in a function call made by an integration adapter. The apparatus includes an communication module, a code extraction module, a comparison module, and an error report module. The communication module receives a business object having an error dictionary in response to a function call. The code extraction module extracts an error code value from the business object based on an error code location identifier. The comparison module compares the error code value to an associated error code in the error code dictionary. The error report module signals a logical error in the function call.

Claims

1. An apparatus to signal a logical error in a remote function call made by an integration adapter, the apparatus comprising:

a communication module configured to receive a business object having an error dictionary in response to a remote function call, the error dictionary comprising a data structure defined within the business object, the error dictionary comprising one or more logical error definitions, each logical error definition describing one or more logical errors indicating failure of the remote function call to produce a desired result for the particular business object, each logical error definition comprising an error code, an error code location identifier, and an error description location identifier;

a code extraction module configured to extract an error code value from the business object based on the error code location identifier;

a comparison module configured to compare the error code value to the associated error code in the error dictionary based on a comparison condition;

an error report module configured to signal a logical error in the remote function call in response to the error code value and the error code satisfying the comparison condition; and

wherein the communication module, code extraction module, comparison module, and error report module comprise one or more of logic hardware and executable code, the executable code stored on a computer readable storage medium.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a detail extraction module configured to extract an error description from the business object based on the error description location identifier in the error dictionary.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a warning module configured to record the logical error in an error log.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a logical error exception module configured to throw an exception having the error code value in response to the logical error.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the associated error code comprises one or more error code values.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an error dictionary definition module configured to define an error dictionary comprising one or more error parameters, the error parameters associated with a logical error in a remote function call.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a user interface module configured to set one or more error parameters in the error dictionary based on input from a user.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising an error parameter discovery module configured to discover one or more error parameter definitions from a remote function call.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising an error dictionary validation module configured to validate the format and syntax of an error dictionary.

10. An apparatus to signal a logical error in an SAP remote function module, the apparatus comprising:

a communication module configured to receive a business object having an error dictionary in response to an SAP remote function call, the error dictionary comprising a data structure defined as application specific information (ASI) within the business object, the error dictionary comprising one or more logical error definitions, each logical error definition describing one or more logical errors indicating failure of the SAP remote function call to produce a desired result for the particular business object, each logical error definition comprising an error code, an error code path, and an error description path;

a code extraction module configured to extract an error code value from the business object based on the error code path;

a comparison module configured to compare the error code value to the associated error code in the error dictionary based on a comparison condition;

an error report module configured to signal a logical error in the SAP remote function module in response to the error code value and the error code satisfying the comparison condition; and

wherein the communication module, code extraction module, comparison module, and error report module comprise one or more of logic hardware and executable code, the executable code stored on a computer readable storage medium.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a detail extraction module configured to extract an error description from the business object based on the error description path in the error dictionary.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a warning module configured to record the logical error in an error log.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a logical error exception module configured to throw an exception having the error code value in response to the logical error.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the associated error code comprises one or more error code values.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising an error dictionary definition module configured to define an error dictionary comprising one or more error parameters, the error parameters associated with a logical error in an SAP remote function module.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a user interface module configured to set one or more error parameters in the error dictionary based on input from a user.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising an error parameter discovery module configured to discover one or more error parameter definitions from an SAP remote function module.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising an error dictionary validation module configured to validate the format and syntax of an error dictionary.

19. A system to signal a logical error in an SAP remote function call, the system comprising:

an integration broker executing on a processor and a memory, the integration broker configured to facilitate communication between a client and an SAP integration adapter;

a client in communication with the integration broker, the client configured to define an error dictionary comprising one or more error parameters, the error parameters associated with a logical error in an SAP remote function module;

an SAP adapter in communication with the integration broker;

the SAP adapter farther comprising,

a communication module configured to receive a business object having the error dictionary in response to an SAP remote function call, the error dictionary comprising a data structure defined as application specific information (ASI) within the business object, the error dictionary comprising one or more logical error definitions, each logical error definition describing one or more logical errors indicating failure of the SAP remote function call to produce a desired result for the particular business object, each logical error definition comprising an error code, an error code path, and an error description path;

a code extraction module configured to extract an error code value from the business object based on the error code path;

a comparison module configured to compare the error code value to the associated error code in the error dictionary based on a comparison condition; and

an error report module configured to signal a logical error in the SAP remote function module in response to the error code value and the error code satisfying the comparison condition.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the SAP adapter further comprises a detail extraction module configured to extract an error description from the business object based on the error description path in the error dictionary.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the SAP adapter further comprises a warning module configured to record the logical error in an error log.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the SAP adapter further comprises a logical error exception module configured to throw an exception having the error code value in response to the logical error.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the associated error code comprises one or more error code values.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the client further comprises a user interface configured to set one or more error parameters in the error dictionary based on input from a user.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the client further comprises an error parameter discovery module configured to discover one or more error parameter definitions from an SAP remote function call.

26. The system of claim 25, further comprising an error dictionary validation module configured to validate the format and syntax of an error dictionary.

27. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code programmed to signal a logical error in an SAP remote function call, the operations of the computer program product comprising:

receiving a business object having an error dictionary in response to an SAP remote function call, the error dictionary comprising a data structure defined as application specific information (ASI) within the business object, the error dictionary comprising one or more logical error definitions, each logical error definition describing one or more logical errors indicating failure of the SAP remote function call to produce a desired result for the particular business object, each logical error definition comprising an error code, an error code path, and an error description path;

extracting an error code value from the business object based on the error code path;

comparing the error code value to the associated error code in the error dictionary based on a comparison condition; and

signaling a logical error in the SAP remote function module in response to the error code value and the error code satisfying the comparison condition.

28. The computer program product of claim 27, further comprising extracting an error description from the business object based on the error description path in the error dictionary.

29. The computer program product of claim 27, further comprising recording the logical error in an error log.

30. The computer program product of claim 27, further comprising throwing an exception having the error code value in response to the logical error.

31. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the associated error code comprises one or more error code values.

32. The computer program product of claim 27, further comprising defining an error dictionary comprising one or more error parameters, the error parameters associated with a logical error in an SAP remote function module.

33. The computer program of claim 32, further comprising setting one or more error parameters in the error dictionary based on input from a user.

34. The computer program of claim 32, further comprising discovering one or more error parameter definitions from an SAP remote function module.

35. The computer program of claim 32, further comprising validating the format and syntax of an error dictionary.

36. A method for providing SAP remote function call logical error signaling for a customer, the method comprising:

installing an SAP logical error signaling tool on an SAP adapter; and

executing the SAP logical error signaling tool configured to;

receive a business object having an error dictionary in response to an SAP remote function call, the error dictionary comprising a data structure defined as application specific information (ASI) within the business object, the error dictionary comprising one or more logical error definitions, each logical error definition describing one or more logical errors indicating failure of the SAP remote function call to produce a desired result for the particular business object, each logical error definition comprising an error code, an error code path, and an error description path;

extract an error code value from the business object based on the error code path;

compare the error code value to the associated error code in the error dictionary based on a comparison condition; and

signal a logical error in the SAP remote function module in response to the error code value and the error code satisfying the comparison condition.