Off-premise and codeless process-centric business mashup to integrate BPEL based processes and web 2.0 widgets

• US 9,003,433 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2012
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Liang, Shuang, Liang, Xiao Xing, Liu, Xin Peng, Sun, Chang Hua, Wang, Xi Ning, Xue, Liang, Zhou, Yu Chen
• Primary Examiner(s): Sough, H S
• Assistant Examiner(s): RONI, SYED A
• Application Number:
  US13/356,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20120198481A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Business application logic corresponding to a business is generated according to requirements of the business. The business application logic includes Web services and Widgets. The Widgets in the business application logic are mashed up to create a Widget mashup application. An adaptation relationship is established between the Web services and the Widgets in the Widget mashup application. An executable business process is generated for the business based on the business application logic and the adaptation relationship. An executable mashup Widget application is generated based on the Widget mashup application and the adaptation relationship.

Claims

1. A business mashup method, comprising:

generating business application logic syntax corresponding to a business according to requirements of the business, where the business application logic syntax comprises both of a description of Web services and a description of Widgets;

mashing up the Widgets described in the business application logic syntax to create a Widget mashup application;

establishing an adaptation relationship between the Web services and the Widgets in the Widget mashup application;

generating an executable business process for the business based on the business application logic syntax and the adaptation relationship; and

generating an executable mashup Widget application based on the Widget mashup application and the adaptation relationship.

2. The method of claim 1, where generating the business application logic syntax corresponding to the business according to the requirements of the business comprises:

acquiring Web service metadata and Widget metadata related to the business; and

composing the business application logic syntax using the acquired Web service metadata and the Widget metadata, where the Web service metadata forms the description of the Web services in the business application logic syntax and the Widget metadata forms the description of the Widgets in the business application logic syntax.

3. The method of claim 2, where acquiring the Web service metadata and the Widget metadata related to the business comprises:

populating the Web service metadata related to the business from a service metadata registry that stores the Web service metadata;

assembling the Web service metadata; and

populating the Widget metadata from a Widget registry that stores the Widgets.

4. The method of claim 1, where mashing up the Widgets described in the business application logic syntax to create the Widget mashup application comprises:

discovering the Widgets using the description of the Widgets in the business application logic syntax; and

assembling the Widgets based on events to generate the Widget mashup application, where the events comprise a published event and a handled event.

5. The method of claim 1, where establishing the adaptation relationship between the Web services and the Widgets in the Widget mashup application comprises:

establishing a transformation relationship on information format between the Web services and the Widgets; and

establishing a transformation relationship on transport protocol between the Web services and the Widgets.

6. The method of claim 1, where generating the executable business process for the business based on the business application logic syntax and the adaptation relationship comprises:

composing a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) based application with the Web services based on the business application logic syntax and the adaptation relationship; and

transforming the BPEL based application into the executable business process according to a runtime environment.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

deploying runtime environments comprising a business process runtime environment and a Widget runtime environment;

publishing the executable business process into the business process runtime environment;

publishing the executable mashup Widget application into the Widget runtime environment;

executing the executable business process in the business process runtime environment; and

executing the executable mashup Widget application in the Widget runtime environment;

where the executable business process and the executable mashup Widget application exchange information with each other based on the adaptation relationship during runtime.

8. A business mashup system, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor programmed to;

generate business application logic syntax corresponding to a business according to requirements of the business, where the business application logic syntax comprises both of a description of Web services and a description of Widgets;

mash up the Widgets described in the business application logic syntax to create a Widget mashup application;

establish an adaptation relationship between the Web services and the Widgets in the Widget mashup application;

generate an executable business process for the business based on the business application logic syntax and the adaptation relationship; and

generate an executable mashup Widget application based on the Widget mashup application and the adaptation relationship.

9. The system of claim 8, where, in being programmed to generate the business application logic syntax corresponding to the business according to the requirements of the business, the at least one processor is programmed to:

acquire Web service metadata and Widget metadata related to the business; and

compose the business application logic syntax using the acquired Web service metadata and the Widget metadata, where the Web service metadata forms the description of the Web services in the business application logic syntax and the Widget metadata forms the description of the Widgets in the business application logic syntax.

10. The system of claim 9, where, in being programmed to acquire the Web service metadata and the Widget metadata related to the business, the at least one processor is programmed to:

populate the Web service metadata related to the business from a service metadata registry that stores the Web service metadata;

assemble the Web service metadata; and

populate the Widget metadata from a Widget registry that stores the Widgets.

11. The system of claim 8, where, in being programmed to mash up the Widgets described in the business application logic syntax to create the Widget mashup application, the at least one processor is programmed to:

discover the Widgets using the description of the Widgets in the business application logic syntax; and

assemble the Widgets based on events to generate the Widget mashup application, where the events comprise a published event and a handled event.

12. The system of claim 8, where, in being programmed to establish the adaptation relationship between the Web services and the Widgets in the Widget mashup application, the at least one processor is programmed to:

establish a transformation relationship on information format between the Web services and the Widgets; and

establish a transformation relationship on transport protocol between the Web services and the Widgets.

13. The system of claim 8, where, in being programmed to generate the executable business process for the business based on the business application logic syntax and the adaptation relationship, the at least one processor is programmed to:

compose a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) based application with the Web services based on the business application logic syntax and the adaptation relationship; and

transform the BPEL based application into the executable business process according to a runtime environment.

14. The system of claim 8, where the at least one processor is further programmed to:

deploy runtime environments comprising a business process runtime environment and a Widget runtime environment;

publish the executable business process into the business process runtime environment; and

publish the executable mashup Widget application into the Widget runtime environment;

execute the executable business process in the business process runtime environment; and

execute the executable mashup Widget application in the Widget runtime environment;

where the executable business process and the executable mashup Widget application exchange information with each other through the adaptation relationship during runtime.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including computer readable program code, where the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

generate business application logic syntax corresponding to a business according to requirements of the business, where the business application logic syntax comprises both of a description of Web services and a description of Widgets;

mash up the Widgets described in the business application logic syntax to create a Widget mashup application;

establish an adaptation relationship between the Web services and the Widgets in the Widget mashup application;

generate an executable business process for the business based on the business application logic syntax and the adaptation relationship; and

generate an executable mashup Widget application based on the Widget mashup application and the adaptation relationship.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, where in causing the computer to generate the business application logic syntax corresponding to the business according to the requirements of the business, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to:

acquire Web service metadata and Widget metadata related to the business; and

compose the business application logic syntax using the acquired Web service metadata and the Widget metadata, where the Web service metadata forms the description of the Web services in the business application logic syntax and the Widget metadata forms the description of the Widgets in the business application logic syntax.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, where in causing the computer to acquire the Web service metadata and the Widget metadata related to the business, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to:

populate the Web service metadata related to the business from a service metadata registry that stores the Web service metadata;

assemble the Web service metadata; and

populate the Widget metadata from a Widget registry that stores the Widgets.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, where in causing the computer to mash up the Widgets described in the business application logic syntax to create the Widget mashup application, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to:

discover the Widgets using the description of the Widgets in the business application logic syntax; and

assemble the Widgets based on events to generate the Widget mashup application, where the events comprise a published event and a handled event.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, where in causing the computer to establish the adaptation relationship between the Web services and the Widgets in the Widget mashup application, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to:

establish a transformation relationship on information format between the Web services and the Widgets; and

establish a transformation relationship on transport protocol between the Web services and the Widgets.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, where in causing the computer to generate the executable business process for the business based on the business application logic syntax and the adaptation relationship, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to:

compose a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) based application with the Web services based on the business application logic syntax and the adaptation relationship; and

transform the BPEL based application into the executable business process according to a runtime environment.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, where the computer readable program code when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:

deploy runtime environments comprising a business process runtime environment and a Widget runtime environment;

publish the executable business process into the business process runtime environment;

publish the executable mashup Widget application into the Widget runtime environment;

execute the executable business process in the business process runtime environment; and

execute the executable mashup Widget application in the Widget runtime environment;

where the executable business process and the executable mashup Widget application exchange information with each other based on the adaptation relationship during runtime.