Method for Creating and Processing a Soap Message, and Method, Apparatus and Program for Processing Information

A method for processing data for processing a data file conforming to a specification of description for including a header part and a body part with a processing object of a predetermined process being set in the body part and information on the process and information specifying the processing object being described in the header part, comprising:

• a first step of extracting information on a process of a body part from a header part of the data file and storing the information into a work area of predetermined storing means, while parsing said data file by a first parser;
• and
• a second step of processing a predetermined part of said body part in a streaming process according to information stored in the work area of said storing means, while parsing said data file by said first parser, wherein said second step comprising the steps of:
• creating a second parser independent of said first parser in starting a process of said predetermined part of said body;
• processing said predetermined part;
• and parsing processed said predetermined part by using said second parser.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a breaking-control unit for detecting a header part and a body part by parsing a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) message and further detecting a processing object in the body part;
• a header-processing unit for extracting information on a process of said body part from said header part detected by said breaking-control unit;
• and
• a processing unit for performing a process on said processing object in said body part according to information extracted by said header-processing unit, wherein said breaking-control unit parses said SOAP message from the top in order, passes detected said header part to said header-processing unit, and also passes said processing object in detected said body part to said processing unit, and wherein said header-processing unit and said processing unit sequentially process a part of said SOAP message received form said breaking-control unit.

A program for processing data by controlling a computer, wherein said program causes said computer to execute:

• a first process of, while parsing a data file conforming to a specification of description for including a header part and a body part with a processing object of a predetermined process being set in the body part and information on the process and information specifying the processing object being described in the header part by a first parser, extracting information on a process of a body part from a header part of the data file and storing the information into a work area of predetermined storing means;
• a second process of creating a second parser independent of said first parser;
• a second process of, while parsing said data file by said first parser, processing a predetermined part of said body part in a streaming process according to information stored in a work area of said storing means;
• and
• a step of parsing a processed said predetermined part by using said second parser.