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Apparatus, system, and method for automatically generating a reusable software component for interfacing with a web service

  • US 9,317,259 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2005
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product comprising:

  • a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable program code executable by a processor, the computer readable program code performing;

    receiving a web service identifier of a web service from an application requesting use of the web service;

    searching for a Universal Resource Locator (URL) for the web service in response to the web service identifier lacking a valid URL for the web service;

    accepting input parameters as application code of a programming language of the application;

    determining one or more functions provided by the web service corresponding to the web service identifier;

    generating a reusable web service component based on the one or more functions and the input parameters, the reusable web service component comprising computer readable instructions to integrate with the application;

    invoking the web service using the reusable web service component to perform a requested function;

    receiving a web service result from the requested function of the one or more functions;

    converting the web service result into application code of the programming language of the application; and

    assigning the web service result to an output parameter in application code of the programming language of the application.

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