Script-based object adaptation

• US 7,818,726 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2006
• Issued: 10/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Jones, Jeffrey Dick, Hansen, Kenneth M., Snover, Jeffrey P., Payette, Bruce Gordon
• Primary Examiner(s): Das; Chameli C
• Application Number:
  US11/339,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20070174821A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,728 Days
• Field of Search: 717/108, 717/115, 717/116, 717/119, 717/136, 717/139, 717/140, 717/149, 717/138, 715/248, 715/249, 719/329, 709/212
• US Class Current: 717/139
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45512 Command shells

Abstract

The adaptation of at least a portion of an object provided by a previous script component to a subsequent script component, despite the subsequent component being incapable of recognizing a format of the at least a portion of the object as provided by the previous component. The previous component generates an object having a property. Adaptation script identifies adaptation(s) to perform on the property prior to being used by the subsequent component. The adaptation is performed, and the adapted property is then used by the subsequent component.

Claims

1. In a computing environment in which an interpreter interprets script to formulate a plurality of pipelined components, a method for a subsequent component in the plurality of pipelined components using information provided in at least a portion of an object provided by a previous component in the plurality of pipelined components, despite the subsequent component being incapable of recognizing a format of the at least a portion of the object as provided by the previous component, the method comprising:

interpreting a first script and instantiating the previous component;

the previous component generating an object having a property, the property having been generated by the previous component as a result of interpreting the first script;

interpreting a second script and instantiating the subsequent component;

interpreting an adaptation script and identifying one or more adaptations to perform on the property of the generated object from the previous component;

performing the one or more adaptations on the property of the generated object in response to interpreting the adaptation script; and

providing the adapted property as input to the subsequent component.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the property of the object is a first property of the object, the adaptation script is first adaptation script and the one or more adaptations are first one or more adaptations, the method further comprising:

interpreting second adaptation script that identifies second one or more adaptations to perform on a second property of the of the generated object;

performing the second one or more adaptations on the second property in response to interpreting the second adaptation script; and

providing the second adapted property as input to the subsequent component.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the one or more adaptations are performed to the object upon being generated by the previous component.

4. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the one or more adaptations are performed on the property of the generated object from the previous component just prior to being provided to the subsequent component.

5. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein previous component is a first previous component, the subsequent component is a first subsequent component and a second previous component, the adaptation script is first adaptation script, the one or more adaptations are first one or more adaptations, the object is a first object, and the property is a first property, the method further comprising:

the second previous component generating a second object having a second property;

interpreting script to instantiate a second subsequent component;

interpreting second adaptation script that identifies second one or more adaptations to perform on the second property;

performing the second one or more adaptations on the second property in response to interpreting the second adaptation script; and

providing the adapted second property as input to the second subsequent component.

6. A method in accordance with claim 5, wherein the second one or more adaptations are the same as the first one or more adaptations.

7. A method in accordance with claim 6, wherein the first adaptation script is the same as the second adaptation script.

8. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the one or more adaptations includes at least changing a name of the property.

9. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the object includes one or more associated callable methods.

10. A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable storage media having thereon computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform:

instantiating in system memory an interpreter configured to perform a method comprising the following when interpreting script that represents a previous component and a subsequent component in a plurality of pipelined components, the script also including an adaptation script that identifies one or more adaptations to perform on a property of an object provided to the subsequent component by the previous component;

instantiating the previous component;

causing the previous component to generate an object having a property;

instantiating the subsequent component;

interpreting the adaptation script;

performing the one or more adaptations on the property of the generated object from the previous component in response to interpreting the adaptation script; and

providing the adapted property as input to the subsequent component.

11. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the one or more adaptations are performed to the object upon being generated by the previous component.

12. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the one or more adaptations are performed on the property of the generated object from the previous component just prior to being provided to the subsequent component.

13. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the interpreter is configured to perform the method for multiple combinations of previous and subsequent components in the plurality of pipelined components.

14. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the one or more adaptations includes at least changing a name of the property of the generated object from the previous component.

15. A computer program product in accordance with claim 10, wherein the object includes one or more associated callable methods.

16. A computing system comprising:

one or more processors;

system memory;

one or more physical computer-readable storage media having thereon computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, causes the computing system to instantiate in the system memory an interpreter configured to perform a method comprising the following when interpreting script that represents a previous component and a subsequent component in a plurality of pipelined components, the script also including an adaptation script that identifies one or more adaptations to perform on a property of an object provided to the subsequent component by the previous component;

instantiating the previous component;

causing the previous component to generate an object having a property;

instantiating the subsequent component;

interpreting the adaptation script;

performing the one or more adaptations on the property of the generated object from the previous component in response to interpreting the adaptation script; and

providing the adapted property as input to the subsequent component.

17. A computing system in accordance with claim 16, wherein the one or more adaptations includes at least changing a name of the property of the generated object from the previous component.

18. A computing system in accordance with claim 16, wherein the object includes one or more associated callable methods.