Identification of a protocol used in a message

• US 9,106,637 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2013
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Roshen, Waseem A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Anya, Charles E
• Application Number:
  US13/969,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346551A1
• Time in Patent Office: 724 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5018 Thread allocation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5055 considering software capabilities, i.e. software resources associated or available to the machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols

Abstract

A method and computer program product for identifying a protocol used in a message are presented. The message is received at a socket associated with a port in a communication system. A portion of the message containing protocol information is identified in response to the message being received at the socket. The protocol used in the message is identified from the protocol information in the portion of the message. The message is forwarded to a process configured to process the protocol.

Claims

1. A method for message management, the method comprising:

receiving the message at a port in a communication system, wherein the port is a universal port capable of receiving the message using any number of different protocols and wherein the communication system is an enterprise service bus comprising a plurality of processes and wherein the plurality of processes includes one or more processes configured to process messages using one of a plurality of different protocols;

determining whether a socket is associated with the port;

responsive to a determination that the socket is associated with the port, identifying a protocol of the message from protocol information in a portion of the message by comparing a format of the protocol used in the message with a plurality of formats for different protocols, wherein a matching of the protocol information in the portion of the message with one of the plurality of formats for different protocols identifies the protocol used in the message;

responsive to a determination the socket is not associated with the port, determining whether the message has an envelope;

responsive to a determination that the message has an envelope, identifying by a module associated with the universal port a first header in the message, wherein the first header forms the envelope, and has a format using a first protocol and a second header in the message, wherein the second header uses a second protocol used in the message;

identifying the second protocol used in the message from the first header of the message using the module wherein the module is configured to identify information using the first protocol;

determining whether to convert the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application; and

in response to a determination to convert the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by the application, converting the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying a particular process associated with the communication system configured to process the second protocol used in the message; and

forwarding the message to the particular process identified.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first protocol is a communication protocol that is different than the second protocol used in the message and wherein the first header is placed before the second header in the message.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the module parses only the first header to identify the protocol used in the message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to convert the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application further comprises identifying a recipient application that is an intended destination for the message and wherein converting the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application further comprises forwarding the message to the recipient application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first protocol is added to the message by an application sending messages to the communication system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a process in the plurality of processes associated with the enterprise service bus that is configured to process the protocol used in the message; and

forwarding the message to the particular process identified.

8. A method for message management, the method comprising:

receiving a message at a port in a communication system, wherein the port is a universal port capable of receiving the message using any number of different protocols;

determining whether a socket is associated with the port;

responsive to a determination the socket is associated with the port, identifying a protocol of the message from protocol information in a portion of the message by comparing a format of the protocol used in the message with a plurality of formats for different protocols, wherein a matching of the protocol information in the portion of the message with one of the plurality of formats for different protocols identifies the protocol used in the message;

responsive to a determination the socket is not associated with the port, determining whether the message has an envelope;

responsive to a determination the message has an envelope, identifying by a module associated with the universal port a first header, wherein the first header forms the envelope, and has a format using a first protocol and a second header in the message, wherein the second header has a format using a second protocol used in the message;

identifying the second protocol used in the message from the first header of the message using the module wherein the module is configured to identify information using the first protocol;

determining whether to convert the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application; and

in response to a determination to convert the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application, using a particular process for converting the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

identifying a particular process associated with the communication system configured to process the second protocol used in the message; and

forwarding the message to the particular process identified.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein determining whether to convert the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application further comprises identifying a recipient application that is an intended destination for the message and wherein converting the message from the second protocol used in the message to the protocol used by the application further comprises forwarding the message to the recipient application.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first protocol is added to the message by an application sending messages to the communication system.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the first protocol is a communication protocol that is different than the second protocol used in the message and wherein the first header is placed before the second header in the message.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the module parses only the first header to identify the protocol used in the message.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the communication system is an enterprise service bus comprising a plurality of processes, wherein the plurality of processes includes one or more processes configured to process messages using one of a plurality of different protocols, and further comprising:

identifying a process in the plurality of processes associated with the enterprise service bus that is configured to process the protocol used in the message;

forwarding the message to the particular process identified, wherein the forwarding further comprises determining whether to convert the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application by identifying a recipient application that is an intended destination for the message; and

responsive to a determination to not convert, forwarding the message to the recipient application.

15. A computer program product for message management, the computer program product comprising:

a set of computer readable storage devices;

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to receive a message at a port in a communication system, wherein the port is a universal port capable of receiving the message using any number of different protocols;

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to determine whether a socket is associated with the port;

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices responsive to a determination the socket is associated with the port for identifying a protocol of the message from protocol information in a portion of the message by comparing a format of the protocol used in the message with a plurality of formats for different protocols, wherein a matching of the protocol information in the portion of the message with one of the plurality of formats for different protocols identifies the protocol used in the message;

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices responsive to a determination the socket is not associated with the port, for determining whether the message has an envelope;

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices responsive to a determination, the message has an envelope for identifying by a module associated with the universal port a first header wherein the first header forms the envelope, and has a format using a first protocol and a second header in the message wherein the second header has a format using a second protocol used in the message;

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, configured to identify the second protocol used in the message from the first header of the message using the module wherein the module is configured to identify information using the first protocol;

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, for determining whether to convert the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application; and

in response to a determination to convert the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application, converting the message from the second protocol used in the message to a protocol used by an application.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising:

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, for identifying a particular process associated with the communication system configured to process the second protocol used in the message; and

program code, stored on at least one of the set of computer readable storage devices, for forwarding the message to the particular process identified.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the communication system is an enterprise service bus comprising a plurality of processes and wherein the plurality of processes include one or more processes configured to process messages using one of a plurality of different protocols.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the first protocol is a communication protocol that is different than the second protocol used in the message and wherein the first header is placed before the second header in the message.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the communication system is an enterprise service bus comprising a plurality of processes and wherein the plurality of processes includes one or more processes configured to process messages using one of a plurality of different protocols, and further comprising:

identifying a process in the plurality of processes associated with the enterprise service bus that is configured to process the protocol used in the message; and

forwarding the message to the particular process identified.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the module parses only the first header to identify the protocol used in the message.