System and method for supporting data type conversion in a heterogeneous computing environment
AssigneeOracle International Corporation
InventorsJimin Cai, Xiangdong Li, Lipeng Wang, Todd J. Little
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Abstract
A system and method can support a transactional system in a heterogeneous computing environment. The transactional system can provide one or more buffers, wherein said one or more buffers operate to represent one or more data structures in a mainframe computing environment in the heterogeneous computing environment. Also, the transactional system can provide a transactional adaptor, which operates to convert one or more data elements between said one or more data structures in the mainframe computing environment and said one or more buffers in the transactional system.
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A system for supporting transactions between different platforms in a heterogeneous computing environment, comprising:
- one or more microprocessors;
- a transactional system running on the one or more microprocessors, the transactional system including a memory having a record buffer;
- and
- a transactional adaptor running on the one or more microprocessors, wherein said transactional adaptor operates to:
- parse a data structure of a mainframe computer into a syntax tree, the syntax tree having a plurality of nodes, each node representing a data field of the data structure of the mainframe computer, the syntax tree representing relationships between the nodes;
- generate a record description file based on the syntax tree, wherein the record description file describes the data structure of the mainframe computer;
- and
- compile, from the record description file, a record object in the record buffer of the transactional system, wherein the record object represents the data structure of the mainframe computer described in the record description file;
- and
- wherein said transactional system operates to:
- access the record object according to the description of the data structure of the mainframe computer of the record description file;
- and
- manipulate the record object.
A method for supporting transactions between different platforms in a heterogeneous computing environment, comprising:
- parsing, by a transactional adapter, a data structure of a mainframe computer into a syntax tree, the syntax tree having a plurality of nodes, each node representing a data field of the data structure of the mainframe computer, and the syntax tree representing relationships between the nodes;
- generating a record description file based on the syntax tree, wherein the record description file describes the data structure of the mainframe computer;
- compiling, by the transactional adapter and from the record description file, a record object in a record buffer of a transactional system, wherein the record object represents the data structure of the mainframe computer described in the record description file;
- accessing, by the transactional system, the record object according to the description of the data structure of the mainframe computer of the record description file;
- and
- manipulating, by the transactional system, the record object.
A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a system to perform the steps comprising:
- parsing, by a transactional adapter, a data structure of a mainframe computer into a syntax tree, the syntax tree having a plurality of nodes, each node representing a data field of the data structure of the mainframe computer, and the syntax tree representing relationships between the nodes;
- generating a record description file based on the syntax tree, wherein the record description file describes the data structure of the mainframe computer;
- compiling, by the transactional adapter and from the record description file, a record object in a record buffer of a transactional system, wherein the record object represents the data structure of the mainframe computer described in the record description file;
- accessing, by the transactional system, the record object according to the description of the data structure of the mainframe computer of the record description file;
- and
- manipulating, by the transactional system, the record object.
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