Environment aware business delegates

• US 8,751,569 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2013
• Issued: 06/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Shalabi, Sami M., Davis, Andrew E., Flaherty, Matthew W.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, THU HA T
• Application Number:
  US13/734,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20130191444A1
• Time in Patent Office: 521 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/204, 709/205, 709/223, 709/228, 717/100, 719/313, 719/315, 719/320, 345/765
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols

Abstract

A method, system and apparatus for an environment aware business delegate. A method for delegating an invoked action in an enterprise application can include determining an environment from which the action has been invoked and selecting a behavior for use which corresponds to the environment. Subsequently, the action can be delegated to the selected behavior for processing in the enterprise application. In a specific aspect of the invention, the determining step can include determining whether the action has been invoked in a server, in an online client or in an offline client.

Claims

1. A method for delegating an invoked action in an enterprise application, the method comprising the steps of:

determining an environment from which the action has been invoked;

selecting a business delegate behavior for use which corresponds to said environment;

mapping the determined environment to a corresponding business delegate behavior specified by a profile in a descriptor file in an archive hosting a business delegate for the action, the descriptor file having a business delegate definition element as a top level element, which includes a services element and a business delegates element; and

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delegating said action to said selected business delegate behavior for processing in the enterprise application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining step comprises the step of determining whether the action has been invoked in a server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining step comprises the step of determining whether the action has been invoked in an online client.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining step comprises the step of determining whether the action has been invoked in an offline client.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the services element contains all definitions for all services available for use by the business delegate.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the delegates element contains at least one business delegate per delegate factory.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said delegating step comprises the step of delegating the action to a method associated with said selected business delegate behavior, said method referencing a service for said determined environment.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said delegating step comprises the step of delegating the action to a method associated with said selected business delegate behavior, said method referencing a service for said determined environment.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of performing one of pre-processing and post-processing of a result produced by said selected business delegate behavior.

10. A machine readable storage memory having stored thereon a computer program for delegating an invoked action in an enterprise application, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform the steps of:

determining an environment from which the action has been invoked;

selecting a business delegate behavior for use which corresponds to said environment;

mapping the determined environment to a corresponding business delegate behavior specified by a profile in a descriptor file in an archive hosting a business delegate for the action, the descriptor file having a business delegate definition element as a top level element, which includes a services element and a business delegates element; and

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delegating said action to said selected business delegate behavior for processing in the enterprise application.

11. The machine readable storage memory of claim 10, wherein said determining step comprises the step of determining whether the action has been invoked in a server.

12. The machine readable storage memory of claim 10, wherein said determining step comprises the step of determining whether the action has been invoked in an online client.

13. The machine readable storage memory of claim 10, wherein said determining step comprises the step of determining whether the action has been invoked in an offline client.

14. The machine readable storage memory of claim 10, wherein the services element contains all definitions for all services available for use by the business delegate.

15. The machine readable storage memory of claim 10, wherein the delegates element contains at least one business delegate per delegate factory.

16. The machine readable storage memory of claim 10, wherein said delegating step comprises the step of delegating the action to a method associated with said selected business delegate behavior, said method referencing a service for said determined environment.

17. The machine readable storage memory of claim 10, wherein said delegating step comprises the step of delegating the action to a method associated with said selected business delegate behavior, said method referencing a service for said determined environment.

18. The machine readable storage memory of claim 10, further comprising the step of performing one of pre-processing and post-processing of a result produced by said selected business delegate behavior.