Dynamic, real-time integration of software resources through services of a content framework
First Claim
1. A computer program product for dynamically integrating software resources in a computing network, the computer program product stored on at least one tangible computer-readable storage media and comprising:
- computer-readable program code for specifying, in a service description document, a functional interface of a proxying component, wherein the proxying component plugs in to a content aggregation framework and serves, when plugged in to the content aggregation framework, as a proxy for a collection comprising a plurality of software resources that are thereby accessible from the content aggregation framework, wherein the functional interface specifies operations that are invocable from the collection of software resources as operations that are invocable from the plugged-in proxying component;
computer-readable program code for registering the service description document in a network-accessible registry;
computer-readable program code for using the registered service description document to locate the proxying component when subsequently searching the network-accessible registry;
computer-readable program code for plugging the located proxying component in to the content aggregation framework; and
computer-readable program code for using the content aggregation framework to programmatically and dynamically integrate the collection of software resources at run-time to carry out a software service, via the plugged-in proxying component, by invoking at least one of the operations that are invocable from the plugged-in proxying component.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for dynamically integrating software resources (such as web services and other back-end software resources) using the services of a content framework (such as a portal platform). A portlet model is leveraged to allow programmatic portlets to serve as proxies for web services, thereby extending portlets beyond their traditional visual role. A deployment interface and a system interface are described for these portlet proxies. The deployment interface is used for composing new web services, and a composition tool is described. The system interface allows for run-time management of the web services by the portal platform. The service provider for a particular function may be bound to the portlet proxy at development time or at run-time.
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8 Claims
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1. A computer program product for dynamically integrating software resources in a computing network, the computer program product stored on at least one tangible computer-readable storage media and comprising:
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computer-readable program code for specifying, in a service description document, a functional interface of a proxying component, wherein the proxying component plugs in to a content aggregation framework and serves, when plugged in to the content aggregation framework, as a proxy for a collection comprising a plurality of software resources that are thereby accessible from the content aggregation framework, wherein the functional interface specifies operations that are invocable from the collection of software resources as operations that are invocable from the plugged-in proxying component; computer-readable program code for registering the service description document in a network-accessible registry; computer-readable program code for using the registered service description document to locate the proxying component when subsequently searching the network-accessible registry; computer-readable program code for plugging the located proxying component in to the content aggregation framework; and computer-readable program code for using the content aggregation framework to programmatically and dynamically integrate the collection of software resources at run-time to carry out a software service, via the plugged-in proxying component, by invoking at least one of the operations that are invocable from the plugged-in proxying component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for dynamically integrating software resources in a computing network, comprising:
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a content aggregation framework configured to support one or more plug-in components, each of which contributes content for aggregating in the content aggregation framework; a plurality of software resources, each comprising at least one invocable operation;
a proxying component structured as one of the plug-in components;a computer comprising a processor; and instructions which are executable, using the processor, to carry out functions comprising; selecting a collection comprising a plurality of the software resources for integrating as a software service for deployment in the content aggregation framework; programmatically building a markup language document to specify the operations invocable from the collection of software resources; using the markup language document as a service description document specifying a functional interface of the proxying component; registering the service description document in a network-accessible registry; and using the content aggregation framework to programmatically and dynamically integrate the collection of software resources into the content aggregation framework at run-time to carry out the software service provided by the collection, further comprising; dynamically discovering the service description document, from the network-accessible registry, at run-time; programmatically consulting the dynamically-discovered service description document, by the content aggregation framework, to determine the operations specified therein; using the determined operations as the functional interface of the proxying component; and deploying the software service in the content aggregation framework, further comprising; using the functional interface of the proxying component to surface the software service in the content aggregation framework, wherein the functional interface of the proxying component represents, as operations invocable from the proxying component in the content aggregation framework, the operations specified in the service description document as being invocable from the selected collection of software resources; and programmatically binding, by the content aggregation framework, to the functional interface of the proxying component using the functional interface specified in the dynamically-discovered service description document, thereby enabling the operations invocable from the proxying component to be invocable from the content aggregation framework for carrying out the software service. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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