Multi-environment document management system access

• US 7,650,609 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2005
• Issued: 01/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Hermes, Martin, Jordt, Nicolai, Klevenz, Stephan, Lerenc, Vedran
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho; Andy
• Application Number:
  US11/175,623
• Publication Number:
  US 20070011275A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,659 Days
• Field of Search: 719/330, 719/316, 719/328, 709/201, 709/203, 709/217, 709/219
• US Class Current: 719/330
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system and method for accessing a document management system in a multi-environment processing system includes receiving a client call command from a web service proxy. The web service proxy, disposed on a client and running in conjunction with a client application. A web service end point, disposed in a web service framework receives the client call command. In conjunction with a class module, the client call command is translated from the second processing environment that the application is executing within and the first processing environment providing the document management system. Through the web service end point and the class module, the client call command is converted for accessing the document management system.

Claims

1. An apparatus for multi-environment document management access, the apparatus comprising:

a document management system disposed in a first processing environment, the system having a plurality of data objects stored therein;

a web service framework including a web service end point disposed in the first processing environment;

a class module coupled to the document management system and the web service framework; and

the web service end point operative to receive a client call command for accessing one of the data objects in the document management system through the class module, the command received from a client application in a second processing environment,

wherein the class module is further coupled to an API generator framework that includes a plurality of API generators each corresponding to a particular processing environment.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the client call command is received from the web service proxy in the second processing environment.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the web service end point maps the client-call command from an encoding in the second environment to the first environment.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein if the first environment is the same as the second environment, the client call command is received directly from the client application and the web service framework is bypassed such that the call command is utilized with the class module to access the document management system.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the API generator framework further includes an API model to store information relating to different API levels, the API model being modifiable independently of the web service end point.

6. A system for multi-environment document management access, the system comprising:

a document management system in a first processing environment, the document management system having a plurality of data objects stored therein;

a client application in a second processing environment;

a client convenience API coupled to the client application;

a web service proxy coupled to the convenience API;

a web service end point operative to receive a client-call command from the web service proxy, wherein the call command is directed to accessing a data object in the document management system; and

a generator framework coupled to the convenience API and includes a plurality of API generators each corresponding to a particular processing environment.

7. The system of claim 6 further comprising:

a class module such that the web service end point accesses the document management system through the class module.

8. The system of claim 6 further comprising:

a web service framework in the first processing environment operating in conjunction with the document management system, the web service proxy operating within the web service framework.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the web service framework is in operative communication with the web service proxy across a network.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the web service end point maps the client call command from an encoding in the second environment to the first environment.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the convenience API further includes a complex type class structure operative for transforming data structures into objects.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the complex type class structure is generated by the generator framework.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the convenience API registers a new complex type class structure based on a resource object, the registration being performed during run time.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein if the first environment is the same as the second environment, the client call command is received directly from the client application and the web service end framework is bypassed such that the call command is utilized with the class module to access the document management system.

15. The system of claim 8 further comprising:

the generator framework operative to generate a complex type class structure using one of the plurality of API generators usable by the web service end point; and

the generator framework also operative to generate the client convenience API using the API generator.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the at least one complex type class structure is registered at the convenience API during run time.

17. The system of claim 6 wherein the generator framework further includes an API model to store information relating to different API levels, the API model being modifiable independently of the web service end point.

18. A method for multi-environment document management access, the method comprising:

receiving, from a web service proxy, a client call command from a client application;

generating a request and providing the request to a web service end point in a web service framework;

generating a corresponding document request;

providing the document request to a class module;

generating a complex type class structure in a generator framework that is operative to generate a plurality of different complex type class structures, each corresponding to a particular processing environment, the type class structure being usable by the web service end point; and

accessing a document management system through the class module.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the web service end point is in a first processing environment and the client application is in a second processing environment.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the client call command is received across a network.

21. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

prior to accessing the document management system, mapping the client call command from an encoding in the second environment to the first environment.

22. The method of claim 19 wherein if the first environment is the same as the second environment, the client call command is received directly from the client application and the web service end framework is bypassed such that the call command is utilized with the class module to access the document management system.

23. The method of claim 18 wherein the generator framework further includes an API model to store information relating to different API levels, the API model being modifiable independently of the web service end point.

24. A method for multi-environment document management access, the method comprising:

receiving an application call from a client application;

generating a client call command using a convenience API, wherein the convenience API is generated by a generator framework that is operative to generate a plurality of API, each corresponding to a particular processing environment;

transmitting, by a web service framework, the client call command;

receiving, by the web service framework, results of the client call command from a web service endpoint that completes the call by calling a document management system via a class module,

creating an object from the results using the convenience API, and

transmitting the object to the client application.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the web service end point is in a first processing environment and the client application is in a second processing environment.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein the client call command is transmitted to the web service framework across a network.

27. The method of claim 25 wherein if the first environment is the same as the second environment, the client call command is transmitted directly from the convenience API such that the call command is utilized with the class module to access the document management system.

28. The method of claim 24 wherein the generator framework also generates complex type class structure to provide

to the class module.

29. The method of claim 24 wherein the generator framework further includes an API model to store information relating to different API levels, the API model being modifiable independently of the web service end point.