System and method for providing interoperability between different programming protocols

• US 8,276,166 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2009
• Issued: 09/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Black, Larry A., Pierce, Ronald O.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, VAN H
• Application Number:
  US12/504,020
• Publication Number:
  US 20090276794A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,167 Days
• Field of Search: 719/330, 709/203
• US Class Current: 719/330
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing interoperability of systems are provided. One embodiment may be seen as instantiating a server in a container having instances of Enterprise Java™ Beans (EJB), and accessing the EJB through the local interface of the EJB. Since the EJB is accessed from within the container, the need for translation of messaging protocols at a bridge is removed. The server components are provided access to the EJB logic through the local interface of the EJB.

Claims

1. In a distributed network, a method comprising:

instantiating a Java™

Bean within a container;

instantiating a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server within the container;

responsive to servicing a received request for data from a client workstation, locally calling the Java™

Bean from the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server using a local interface of the Java™

Bean to provide the data requested; and

providing the data returned from the Java™

Bean to the client workstation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the container comprises a Java™

Bean container.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

instantiating all Common Object Request Broker Architecture server components within the container.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

instantiating a Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object within the container to service the received request, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object is configured to access the Java™

Bean using the local interface of the Java™

Bean.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server is instantiated as the Java™

Bean.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising instantiating a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server component within the container,

wherein the server component is selected from a group consisting of:

a root portable object adapter;

a child portable object adapter;

a portable object adapter manager;

a servant manager;

a portable object adapter policy;

a transient object;

a persistent object;

a session object;

an entity object;

a factory object;

a servant activator; and

a servant locator object.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server calls a second Java™

Bean located in a second container using a remote interface of the second Java™

Bean.

8. A system comprising:

a computer processor;

a Java™

Bean within a container instantiated by the computer processor; and

a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server instantiated by the computer processor within the container,

wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server is configured to locally call the Java™

Bean using a local interface of the Java™

Bean.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the container comprises a Java™

Bean container.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a plurality of Common Object Request Broker Architecture server components within the container.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object within the container configured to service a received request, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object is configured to access the Java™

Bean using the local interface of the Java™

Bean.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server is instantiated as the Java™

Bean.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server component instantiated within the container,

wherein the server component is selected from a group consisting of:

a root portable object adapter;

a child portable object adapter;

a portable object adapter manager;

a servant manager;

a portable object adapter policy;

a transient object;

a persistent object;

a session object;

an entity object;

a factory object;

a servant activator; and

a servant locator object.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server is configured to call a second Java™

Bean located in a second container using a remote interface of the second Java™

Bean.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program that is executable a computer, the computer program comprising:

code to instantiate a Java™

Bean within a container;

code to instantiate a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server within the container;

code, to responsive to servicing a received request for data from a client workstation, locally call the Java™

Bean from the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server using a local interface of the Java™

Bean to provide the data requested; and

code to provide the data returned from the Java™

Bean to the client workstation.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the container comprise a Java™

Bean container.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, the computer program further comprising:

code to instantiate all Common Object Request Broker Architecture server components within the container.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, the computer program further comprising:

code to instantiate a Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object within the container to service the received request, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture servant object is configured to access the Java™

Bean using the local interface of the Java™

Bean.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the Common Object Request Broker Architecture server is instantiated as the Java™

Bean.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, the computer program further comprising code to instantiate a Common Object Request Broker Architecture server component within the container,

wherein the server component is selected from a group consisting of:

a root portable object adapter;

a child portable object adapter;

a portable object adapter manager;

a servant manager;

a portable object adapter policy;

a transient object;

a persistent object;

a session object;

an entity object;

a factory object;

a servant activator; and

a servant locator object.