Web services runtime architecture

Abstract

A runtime architecture for Web services utilizes a container driver to accept an invoke request for Web services. The container driver performs any necessary data binding / unbinding required to process the invoke request and associated message context, utilizing an appropriate plugin component. An interceptor receives the context information and modifies the message context for Web service compatibility. An invocation handler receives the formatted context information and passes parameters from the message context to the target of the request. The invocation handler processes values returned from the target and passes them to the container driver, which can formulate and return a response, along with the message context, to the client or protocol adapter. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.

Description

CLAIM OF PRIORITY [0001] This application is a Continuation of and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 366,236, filed Feb. 13, 2003, entitled “WEB SERVICES RUNTIME ARCHITECTURE,” which application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 359,098, filed Feb. 22, 2002, entitled “WEB SERVICES RUNTIME ARCHITECTURE,” as well as U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 359,231, filed Feb. 22, 2002, entitled “WEB SERVICES PROGRAMMING AND DEPLOYMENT,” each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.COPYRIGHT NOTICE [0002] A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document of the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention relates...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a system and method for utilizing a runtime architecture for Web services. This architecture allows for data binding and unbinding required to process Web service requests, using a container driver and a plug-in component such as a Java binding codec, SOAP codec, XML codec, or custom codecs. An interceptor can modify the message context for the Web service request, and an invocation handler can pass parameters from the message context to the target of the request and process values returned from the target. The result is a more efficient and flexible architecture for Web services."

Problems solved by technology

Presently, however, there is no complete implementation of Web services upon which to build.

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