System and method utilizing an interface component to query a document

A method for passing communication between an enterprise system and a client application, comprising:

• transforming metadata received from an enterprise system into an XML document;
• querying a document interface component in order to validate at least a portion of the XML document against an XML schema;
• and
• passing the XML document to the client application.

A system for passing communication between an enterprise system and a client application, comprising:

• a resource adapter adapted to receive metadata from an enterprise system in response to a request from a client application;
• a document interface component adapted to allow the querying of elements in an XML document;
• and
• an XML schema component adapted to transform the metadata into an XML document and validate elements the XML document against an XML schema, the XML schema component obtaining the elements through the document interface component;
• wherein the resource adapter is further adapted to pass a validated XML document to the client application.

A computer-readable medium, comprising:

• means for transforming metadata received from an enterprise system into an XML document;
• means for querying the XML document using a document interface component, in order to extract at least a portion of the XML document;
• means for validating said at least a portion of the XML document against an XML schema for the client application;
• and
• means for passing the XML document to the client application.

A computer program product for execution by a server computer for formatting enterprise data for an application, comprising:

• computer code for transforming metadata received from an enterprise system into an XML document;
• computer code for querying the XML document using a document interface component in order to extract at least a portion of the XML document;
• computer code for validating said at least a portion of the XML document against an XML schema for the client application;
• and
• computer code for passing the XML document to the client application.

A system for formatting enterprise data for an application, comprising:

• means for transforming metadata received from an enterprise system into an XML document;
• means for querying the XML document using a document interface component in order to extract at least a portion of the XML document;
• means for validating said at least a portion of the XML document against an XML schema for the client application;
• and
• means for passing the XML document to the client application.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• object code executed by said processor, said object code configured to:
• transform metadata received from an enterprise system into an XML document;
• query the XML document using a document interface component in order to extract at least a portion of the XML document;
• validate said at least a portion of the XML document against an XML schema for the client application;
• and
• pass the XML document to the client application.

A computer data signal embodied in a transmission medium, comprising:

• a code segment including instructions to transform metadata received from an enterprise system into an XML document;
• a code segment including instructions to query the XML document using a document interface component in order to extract at least a portion of the XML document;
• a code segment including instructions to validate said at least a portion of the XML document against an XML schema for the client application;
• and
• a code segment including instructions to pass the XML document to the client application.