Object generation in packages

• US 7,634,771 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2005
• Issued: 12/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Schmitt, Andreas Simon, Frick, Markus, Runte, Martin, Remmel, Juergen, Schneider, Michael, Decker, Thomas, Kluger, Gerd, Benjes, Friederike, Prestel, Helmut, Blumenthal, Andreas, Koch, Ulrich, Faust, Rasmus
• Primary Examiner(s): Nahar; Qamrun
• Application Number:
  US11/118,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20060248507A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,691 Days
• Field of Search: 717174-178, 717/168, 717/169, 717171-173, 717/170
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/24 Object-oriented

Abstract

A method and system for object generation in packages. In one embodiment, the process for generating an object in a package is initiated. The package is created and is associated with a target package. The object is generated into the package.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

selecting a target package for object generation, wherein the selected target package comprises a first portion of functional content exposed via a programming interface and a second portion of functional content which is invisible from outside of the target package;

generating a client interface that exposes the second portion of the functional content, wherein the second portion of the functional content is made visible from outside of the target package via the client interface;

creating a generation append package, wherein the generation append package is appended to the target package; and

generating an object in the generation append package, wherein the generated object comprises the client interface that exposes the second portion of the functional content;

wherein the generation append package, comprising the client interface, appended to the target package constitutes an enhanced target package;

wherein the client interface specifies transport properties different from transport properties associated with the target package, and wherein the specified transport properties are implemented for the enhanced target package via the client interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the object in the generation append package further comprises a software component, separate from the functional content of the target package, and wherein the client interface further exposes at least a portion of the software component.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the client interface is generated based, at least in part, on data extractors applied to the target package.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the target package comprises metadata that is used to generate the object.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising specifying a runtime environment for the generation append package.

6. A system having a processor and memory therein, comprising:

an object generation mechanism to select a target package for object generation, wherein the selected target package comprises a first portion of functional content exposed via a programming interface and a second portion of functional content which is invisible from outside of the target package;

the object generation mechanism to generate a client interface that exposes the second portion of the functional content, wherein the second portion of the functional content is made visible from outside of the target package via the client interface;

a package generator to create a generation append package, wherein the generation append package is appended to the target package; and

the object generation mechanism to generate an object in the generation append package, wherein the generated object comprises the client interface that exposes the second portion of the functional content;

wherein the generation append package, comprising the client interface, appended to the target package constitutes an enhanced target package;

wherein the client interface specifies transport properties different from transport properties associated with the target package, and wherein the specified transport properties are implemented for the enhanced target package via the client interface.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the object in the generation append package further comprises a software component, separate from the functional content of the target package, and wherein the client interface to further expose at least a portion of the software component.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the client interface is generated based, at least in part, on data extractors applied to the target package.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the object generation mechanism to further:

specify a runtime environment for the generation append package.

10. A machine-readable medium having computer instructions stored therein that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

selecting a target package for object generation, wherein the selected target package comprises a first portion of functional content exposed via a programming interface and a second portion of functional content which is invisible from outside of the target package;

generating a client interface that exposes the second portion of the functional content, wherein the second portion of the functional content is made visible from outside of the target package via the client interface;

creating a generation append package, wherein the generation append package is appended to the target package; and

generating an object in the generation append package, wherein the generated object comprises the client interface that exposes the second portion of the functional content;

wherein the generation append package, comprising the client interface, appended to the target package constitutes an enhanced target package;

wherein the client interface specifies transport properties different from transport properties associated with the target package, and wherein the specified transport properties are implemented for the enhanced target package via the client interface.

11. The machine-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the object in the generation append package further comprises a software component, separate from the functional content of the target package, and wherein the client interface further exposes at least a portion of the software component.

12. The machine-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the client interface is generated based, at least in part, on data extractors applied to the target package.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising specifying a runtime environment for the generation append package.