Methods, systems and articles of manufacture for providing an extensible serialization framework for an XML based RPC computing environment

A method for deserializing a message, comprising:

• extracting a target object associated with one or more member objects from a received message;
• performing a deserialize process on the target object that provides a state object associated with target object when the target object cannot be completely deserialized;
• configuring the state object to notify a deserializer associated with the target object when the one or more member objects are deserialized;
• and
• completing deserialization of the target object when the notification is received by the deserializer.

A method for constructing an object graph from a serialized message, comprising:

• receiving a message including a plurality of serialized objects reflecting an object graph;
• and
• constructing a deserialized object graph from the message, comprising:
• for each target object included in the object graph,
• determining whether the object could be deserialized based on a deserialization status of one or more member objects associated with the target object,
• returning a state object to a deserializer associated with the target object based on the determination,
• storing state data associated with a deserialization process associated with each of the one or more member objects, and
• using the stored state data to instantiate and initialize the root object in response to a notification that each of the one or more member objects associated with the target object is deserialized.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a memory including:
• a first set of instructions for deserializing a target object included in a serialized message received by the data processing system and providing a state object reflecting that the target object is not completely deserialized, and
• a second set of instructions for receiving an indication reflecting a deserialization state of a member object associated with the target object and for completely deserializing the target object based on the deserialization state;
• and
• a processor for executing the first and second set of instructions included in the memory.

A system for deserializing objects encoded in a message, comprising:

• a client for providing a message including serialized objects;
• and
• a server for receiving the message and deserializing the serialized objects, the server comprising:
• a first process component configuring an instance of a deserializer class that invokes a deserilaize method for a target object included in the received message,
• a second process component configuring a state object based on a result of the invocation of the deserialize method,
• a third process component monitoring a status reflecting a performance of the deserialize method on a member associated with the target object,
• a fourth process component for providing the status to the deserializer instance when the member object is deserialized by the deserialize method, and
• a fifth process component for deserializing the target object based on the provided status.

A method for processing data, comprising:

• recieving a data stream of serialized data elements;
• associating each data element with type information that corresponds to a deserialization mechanism;
• and
• deserializing the data stream such that each data element is deserialized using a deserialization mechanism that is associated with the same type information as the data element.

A method for constructing an object, comprising:

• receiving a stream of serialized data elements that includes a target object that references member objects;
• monitoring the status of the member objects to determine whether each member object is available;
• and
• constructing the target object when all of the member objects are available.

A computer-readable medium including instructions for performing a method, when executed by a processor, for processing messages, the method comprising:

• receiving a serialized message including a target object;
• invoking a deserialize process of a deserializer associated with the target object;
• configuring a state object resulting from the deserialize process to monitor a deserialization status;
• and
• creating an instance builder that initializes the target object based on the deserialization status.

A computer-readable medium including instructions for performing a method, when executed by a processor, for deserializing a message, the method comprising:

• extracting a target object associated with one or more member objects from a received message;
• performing a deserialize process on the target object that provides a state object associated with target object when the target object cannot be completely deserialized;
• configuring the state object to notify a deserializer associated with the target object when the one or more member objects are deserialized;
• and
• completing deserialization of the target object when the notification is received by the deserializer.

A computer-readable medium including instructions for performing a method, when executed by a processor, for constructing an object graph from a serialized message, the method comprising:

• receiving a message including a plurality of serialized objects reflecting an object graph;
• and
• constructing a deserialized object graph from the message, comprising:
• for each target object included in the object graph,
• determining whether the object could be deserialized based on a deserialization status of one or more member objects associated with the target object,
• returning a state object to a deserializer associated with the target object based on the determination,
• storing state data associated with a deserialization process associated with each of the one or more member objects, and
• using the stored state data to instantiate and initialize the root object in response to a notification that each of the one or more member objects associated with the target object is deserialized.

A system for processing messages, comprising:

• means for receiving a serialized message including a target object;
• means for invoking a deserialize process of a deserializer associated with the target object;
• means for configuring a state object resulting from the deserialize process to monitor a deserialization status;
• and
• means for creating an instance builder that initializes the target object based on the deserialization status.

A system for deserializing a message, comprising:

• means for extracting a target object associated with one or more member objects from a received message;
• means for performing a deserialize process on the target object that provides a state object associated with target object when the target object cannot be completely deserialized;
• means for configuring the state object to notify a deserializer associated with the target object when the one or more member objects are deserialized;
• and
• means for completing deserialization of the target object when the notification is received by the deserializer.

A system for constructing an object graph from a serialized message, comprising:

• means for receiving a message including a plurality of serialized objects reflecting an object graph;
• and
• means for constructing a deserialized object graph from the message, comprising:
• means for each target object included in the object graph,
• means for determining whether the object could be deserialized based on a deserialization status of one or more member objects associated with the target object,
• means for returning a state object to a deserializer associated with the target object based on the determination,
• means for storing state data associated with a deserialization process associated with each of the one or more member objects, and
• means for using the stored state data to instantiate and initialize the root object in response to a notification that each of the one or more member objects associated with the target object is deserialized.