System, method, and computer readable medium for integrating an original application with a remote application

• US 7,861,212 B1
• Filed: 03/22/2005
• Issued: 12/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Curen Software Enterprises LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Dubagunta, Saikumar V.
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, RONGFA PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US11/086,121
• Time in Patent Office: 2,107 Days
• Field of Search: 717/100, 717/106
• US Class Current: 717/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications

Abstract

A method, system, and computer readable medium for integrating an original application with a remote application comprises generating adapter classes related to the original application, generating proxy classes related to the remote application, wherein the proxy classes are adapted to communicate with the adapter classes, generating data types related to the remote application, wherein the data types related to the remote application are equivalent to data types related to the original application, and generating streamers related to the remote application, wherein the streamers related to the remote application are adapted to be utilized by the proxy classes.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

causing a prompt to be presented that enables selection of one or more target languages;

receiving an indication of a selected target language of the one or more target languages;

determining whether one or more constructs in an original language are selected;

in response to determining that the one or more constructs in the original language are not selected, causing a prompt to be presented that enables the one or more constructs in the original language to be selected;

after receiving an indication of the prompt being presented that enables the one or more constructs in the original language to be selected, receiving an indication of a selection of the one or more constructs in the original language;

determining whether a mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to one or more constructs in the selected target language are provided;

in response to determining that the mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to one or more constructs in the selected target language are not provided, causing a prompt to be presented that enables the mapping to be provided;

after receiving an indication of the prompt being presented that enables the mapping to be provided, receiving input of the mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to the one or more constructs in the selected target language;

generating proxy classes related to the selected target language, wherein the proxy classes are adapted to communicate with one or more adapter classes of the original language, one or more of the proxy classes including an accessor method and a mutator method for a class member of the original language;

generating, by one or more of the proxy classes, data types related to the selected target language, wherein the data types related to the selected target language are equivalent to data types related to the original language and one or more of the data types are based on the mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to the one or more constructs in the selected target language; and

generating streamers related to the selected target language, wherein the streamers related to the selected target language are adapted to be utilized by the proxy classes to integrate an original language application written in the original language with a target language application written in the selected target language.

2. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise providing access to functions of the original language application by the one or more adapter classes.

3. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

converting data communicated from the one or more adapter classes to the proxy classes, wherein the data is converted at least in part by the streamers related to the selected target language.

4. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 3, wherein the operations further comprise converting the data communicated from the one or more adapter classes to the proxy classes into a neutral data format.

5. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 4, wherein the operations further comprise receiving the data communicated from the one or more adapter classes to the proxy classes by the streamers in neutral data format and converting the data to corresponding data types.

6. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise sending input parameters, related to the original language application, to the one or more adapter classes.

7. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise receiving at least one of:

output parameters, return values, or exceptions, related to the original language application, at the proxy classes.

8. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise causing the target language application to invoke a method of the original language application.

9. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving return data that results from an invocation of the method of the original language application.

10. A system embodied on one or more tangible computer-readable media and executable by a computing device, the system comprising at least one module configured to:

cause a prompt to be presented enabling selection of one or more target languages;

receive an indication of a selected target language from the one or more target languages;

determine whether one or more constructs in an original language are selected;

responsive to a determination that the one or more constructs in the original language are not selected, cause a prompt to be presented that enables the one or more constructs in the original language to be selected;

after receiving an indication of the prompt being presented that enables the one or more constructs in the original language to be selected, receive an indication of a selection of the one or more constructs in the original language;

determine whether a mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to one or more constructs in the selected target language are provided;

responsive to determining that the mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to the one or more constructs in the selected target language are not provided, cause a prompt to be presented that enables the mapping to be provided;

after receiving an indication of the prompt being presented that enables the mapping to be provided, receive input of the mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to the one or more constructs in the selected target language;

generate one or more proxy classes related to the selected target language, the one or more proxy classes including an accessor method and a mutator method for an original language;

generate data types related to the selected target language, wherein the data types are generated based at least in part on the mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to the one or more constructs in the selected target language; and

convert data communication between the one or more proxy classes and one or more adapter classes of the original language to cause a target language application written in the selected target language to invoke a method of an original language application.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the adapter classes of the original language are configured to provide access to functions of the original language application.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the module is configured to generate streamers related to the selected target language.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the streamers related to the selected target language are configured to:

convert data communicated by the one or more proxy classes to the one or more adapter classes; and

convert data communicated by the one or more adapter classes to the one or more proxy classes.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the module is further configured to convert one or more of the data communicated by the one or more proxy classes or the data communicated by the one or more adapter classes into a neutral data format.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the streamers are adapted to receive one or more of the data communicated by the one or more proxy classes or the data communicated by the one or more adapter classes in the neutral data format and convert the data to corresponding data types.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the module is further configured to send input parameters, related to the original language, to the one or more adapter classes.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the module is further configured to receive at least one of:

output parameters, return values, or exceptions, related to the original language application, at the one or more proxy classes.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the module is further configured to receive a response packet generated by the original language application in response to an invocation of the method of the original language application.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the module is further configured to receive an exception packet generated by the original language application in response to the occurrence of an exception during an invocation of the method of the original language application.

20. A module stored on one or more tangible computer-readable media and executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

causing a prompt to be presented enabling selection of one or more target languages;

receiving an indication of a selected target language from among the one or more target languages;

determining whether one or more constructs in an original language are selected;

in response to determining that the one or more constructs in the original language are not selected, causing a prompt to be presented that enables the one or more constructs in the original language to be selected;

after receiving an indication of the prompt being presented that enables the one or more constructs in the original language to be selected, receiving an indication of a selection of the one or more constructs in the original language;

determining whether a mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to one or more constructs in the selected target language are provided;

in response to determining that the mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to one or more constructs in the selected target language are not provided, causing a prompt to be presented that enables the mapping to be provided;

after receiving an indication of the prompt being presented that enables the mapping to be provided, receiving input of the mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to the one or more constructs in the selected target language;

generating proxy classes related to the selected target language, one or more of the proxy classes including an accessor method and a mutator method for a class member of one or more methods of an original language application written in the original language;

generating data types related to the selected target language, wherein generating the data types is based on the mapping of the one or more constructs in the original language to the one or more constructs in the selected target language;

converting data communication between the proxy classes and the original language application;

generating streamers related to the selected target language, wherein the streamers are adapted to;

convert data communicated by the proxy classes to the original language application and convert data communicated by the original language application to the proxy classes, wherein the data is converted into a neutral data format; and

causing a target language application written in the selected target language to invoke the one or more methods of the original language application utilizing one or more of the streamers.