Classification and modelling of exception types for integration middleware systems

• US 9,778,966 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2016
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Ritter, Daniel, Sosulski, Jan
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Andy
• Assistant Examiner(s): SEYE, ABDOU K
• Application Number:
  US15/185,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20160292024A1
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for modeling exception flows in an integration system. One computer-implemented method includes identifying, by operation of an application integration system, an exception corresponding to an integration operation of an integration process, determining, by operation of the application integration system, a type of the exception, determining, by operation of the application integration system, one or more exception handling patterns for the type of the exception, and configuring, by operation of the application integration system, an exception flow of the integration process based on the one or more exception handling patterns.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying an exception corresponding to an integration operation of an integration process for messaging processing between a sending and a receiving computing system;

determining a type of the identified exception;

determining that the exception type indicates that the integration operation contains one or more activities belonging to a compensation sphere associated with a compensation sphere exception handling pattern requiring one or more correcting compensation activities logically linked through compensation characteristics, wherein multiple compensation spheres can be configured to overlap and to be stacked hierarchically; and

configuring an exception flow of the integration process based on the one or more correcting compensation activities.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising classifying exceptions into a plurality of types.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising providing a visualization of the exception flow.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the compensation sphere exception handling pattern is syntactically mapped to Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and its execution semantics.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the type of the exception comprises one or more of an activity failure, a message flow failure, a timeout, resource unavailability, an external event, or a constraint violation.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the exception flow is configured to realize one or more of a quality of service (QoS), a message exchange pattern (MEP), or an enterprise integration pattern (EIP) integration logic.

7. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions executable by a computer and configured to:

identify an exception corresponding to an integration operation of an integration process for messaging processing between a sending and a receiving computing system;

determine a type of the identified exception;

determine that the exception type indicates that the integration operation contains one or more activities belonging to a compensation sphere associated with a compensation sphere exception handling pattern requiring one or more correcting compensation activities logically linked through compensation characteristics, wherein multiple compensation spheres can be configured to overlap and to be stacked hierarchically; and

configure an exception flow of the integration process based on the one or more correcting compensation activities.

8. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7, comprising instructions to classify exceptions into a plurality of types.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7, comprising instructions to provide a visualization of the exception flow.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the compensation sphere exception handling pattern is syntactically mapped to Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and its execution semantics.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the type of the exception comprises one or more of an activity failure, a message flow failure, a timeout, resource unavailability, an external event, or a constraint violation.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the exception flow is configured to realize one or more of a quality of service (QoS), a message exchange pattern (MEP), or an enterprise integration pattern (EIP) integration logic.

13. A computer-implemented system, comprising:

a memory;

at least one hardware processor interoperably coupled with the memory and configured to;

identify an exception corresponding to an integration operation of an integration process for messaging processing between a sending and a receiving computing system;

determine a type of the identified exception;

determine that the exception type indicates that the integration operation contains one or more activities belonging to a compensation sphere associated with a compensation sphere exception handling pattern requiring one or more correcting compensation activities logically linked through compensation characteristics, wherein multiple compensation spheres can be configured to overlap and to be stacked hierarchically; and

configure an exception flow of the integration process based on the one or more correcting compensation activities.

14. The computer-implemented system of claim 13, wherein the at least one hardware processor configured to provide a visualization of the exception flow.

15. The computer-implemented system of claim 13, wherein the compensation sphere exception handling pattern is syntactically mapped to Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and its execution semantics.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 13, wherein the type of the exception comprises one or more of an activity failure, a message flow failure, a timeout, resource unavailability, an external event, or a constraint violation.

17. The computer-implemented system of claim 13, wherein the exception flow is configured to realize one or more of a quality of service (QoS), a message exchange pattern (MEP), or an enterprise integration pattern (EIP) integration logic.