REUSABLE MESSAGE FLOW BETWEEN APPLICATIONS OF A MESSAGE BROKER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT

• US 20160294969A1
• Filed: 03/30/2015
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ghosh, Rahul, Mitra, Shouvik, Quirk, Aaron J., Reece, Stuart J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,356,222 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for deploying a plurality of data conversion flow between a first application in a first system to a second application in a second system, without restarting the plurality of data conversation flow, is provided. The computer-implemented method may further include providing a plurality of modifiable data conversation that identifies a plurality of input parameters, a plurality of data formats, a plurality of data description, a plurality of conversation routines, a plurality of paths of the conversion routines, and a plurality of output information that determines routes of converted data for the first application. The computer-implemented method may further include converting the plurality of modifiable data conversion to form a data input from the first application to the second application. The computer-implemented method may further include providing an application interface for transmitting the plurality of modifiable data to the second application, without restarting the data conversion flow.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for modifying and deploying a plurality of data conversion flow between a first application of a first system and a second application of a second system by dynamically loading user modifiable data conversion description to the data conversion flow, without restarting the data conversation flow, the computer-implemented method comprising:

providing a plurality of modifiable data conversation that identifies a plurality of input parameters, a plurality of data formats, a plurality of data description, a plurality of conversation routines, a plurality of paths of the conversion routines, and a plurality of output information that determines routes of converted data for the first application;

converting the plurality of modifiable data conversion to form a data input from the first application to the second application; and

providing an application interface for transmitting the plurality of modifiable data to the second application, without restarting the data conversion flow.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the converted plurality of modifiable data conversation is used for data conversion flow between the first application and the second application.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the converted plurality of data comprises object descriptions for applications for transmitting the plurality of modifiable data to the second application.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein conversion of the plurality of modifiable data is performed by a message flow program with a plurality of nodes designed to perform processing of the converted plurality of modified data.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of modifiable data conversion is a file format for a plurality of defined fields for changing the plurality of data conversion flows between the first application in a first system to the second application in a second system.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of modifiable data conversion is selected from a group consisted of extensible markup language, and hypertext markup language.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the transmission of the plurality of modifiable data to the second application is performed within an enterprise systems environment.

8. A computer system for modifying and deploying data conversion flow between a first application of a first system and a second application of a second system, without restarting the data conversation flow, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising;

program instructions to provide a plurality of modifiable data conversation that identifies a plurality of input parameters, a plurality of data formats, a plurality of data description, a plurality of conversation routines, a plurality of paths of the conversion routines, and a plurality of output information that determines routes of converted data for the first application;

program instructions to convert the plurality of modifiable data conversion to form a data input from the first application to the second application; and

program instructions to provide an application interface for transmitting the plurality of modifiable data to the second application, without restarting the data conversion flow.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the converted plurality of modifiable data conversation is used for data conversion flow between the first application and the second application.

10. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the converted plurality of data comprises object descriptions for applications for transmitting the plurality of modifiable data to the second application.

11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein conversion of the plurality of modifiable data is performed by a message flow program with a plurality of nodes designed to perform processing of the converted plurality of modified data.

12. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of modifiable data conversion is a file format for a plurality of defined fields for changing the plurality of data conversion flows between the first application in a first system to the second application in a second system.

13. The computer of claim 12, wherein the plurality of modifiable data conversion is selected from a group consisted of extensible markup language, and hypertext markup language.

14. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the transmission of the plurality of modifiable data to the second application is performed within an enterprise systems environment.

15. A computer program product for modifying and deploying data conversion flow between a first application of a first system and a second application of a second system, without restarting the data conversation flow, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to provide a plurality of modifiable data conversation that identifies a plurality of input parameters, a plurality of data formats, a plurality of data description, a plurality of conversation routines, a plurality of paths of the conversion routines, and a plurality of output information that determines routes of converted data for the first application;

program instructions to convert the plurality of modifiable data conversion to form a data input from the first application to the second application; and

program instructions to provide an application interface for transmitting the plurality of modifiable data to the second application, without restarting the data conversion flow.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the converted plurality of modifiable data conversation is used for data conversion flow between the first application and the second application.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the converted plurality of data comprises object descriptions for applications for transmitting the plurality of modifiable data to the second application.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein conversion of the plurality of modifiable data is performed by a message flow program with a plurality of nodes designed to perform processing of the converted plurality of modified data.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the plurality of modifiable data conversion is a file format for a plurality of defined fields for changing the plurality of data conversion flows between the first application in a first system to the second application in a second system.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the plurality of modifiable data conversion is selected from a group consisted of extensible markup language, and hypertext markup language.