Methods and systems for preparing extensible markup language (XML) documents and for responding to XML requests

• US 9,552,336 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2010
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Deen, Brian J., Soderberg, Joel M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Faber, David
• Application Number:
  US12/834,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20100281136A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,388 Days
• Field of Search: 715/231, 715/236, 715/239, 715/249, 715/234
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/94 Hypermedia Hyperlinking G06F40/134
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/221 Parsing markup language streams streaming G06F40/149
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Methods and systems for generating and sending an XML document are described. In a specific implementation, methods and systems for responding to an XML client request utilize an XML response generator. The XML response generator responds to a client request without having to first build and save the entire response. An emitter object is provided that receives data that is gathered. The calls are made in a particular order and ensure that the hierarchical nature of the response that is being built is preserved. The emitter object translates the data that it receives into response portions that are in proper XML syntactic form.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, performs a method of responding to a request for Extensible Markup Language (XML) comprising;

gathering data for a response to the received request using a request method object;

calling an emitter object and passing the gathered data to the emitter object in a defined order preserving the order of the hierarchy of the XML document to be created;

formatting a portion of the gathered data into a correct XML syntax using the emitter object; and

emitting the portion of the formatted gathered data from the emitter object to a body object, the body object accumulating the formatted gathered data in a buffer;

sending the formatted gathered buffered data when the buffer contains a defined amount of formatted gathered data that is less than an amount that would equal a complete response; and

formatting, emitting, and sending subsequent portions until a complete response has been generated.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the calling comprises calling the emitter object multiple times; and

the emitting comprises emitting multiple amounts of formatted gathered data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the calling comprises calling the emitter object multiple times and in a defined order; and

the emitting comprises emitting multiple amounts of formatted gathered data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the body object sends further processes the portion of the formatted gathered data to add boilerplate.