Parameter Driven Value Conversion Framework In Client/Server Architectures
AssigneeSap SE
InventorMartin Fischer
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Abstract
A system and method for parameter-driven value conversion in a client/server architecture is presented. A request is received from a client computer for an application service. The request includes a parameter defining a data field for a conversion and a conversion ID that specifies the conversion. A lookup is performed of a converter in a conversion registry based on the conversion ID, and the converter is then called to perform the conversion of the data field defined by the parameter in the request, to generate a converted data field. Finally, the converted data field is returned to the protocol handler.
Claims15
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by a protocol handler of a server computer, a request from a client computer for an application service, the request including a parameter defining a data field for a conversion and a conversion ID that specifies the conversion;
- performing, by a conversion handler associated with the protocol handler, a lookup of a converter in a conversion registry based on the conversion ID;
- calling, by the conversion handler, the converter to perform the conversion of the data field defined by the parameter in the request, to generate a converted data field;
- and
- returning the converted data field to the protocol handler.
A computer program product comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
- receive a request from a client computer for an application service, the request including a parameter defining a data field for a conversion and a conversion ID that specifies the conversion;
- perform a lookup of a converter in a conversion registry based on the conversion ID;
- call the converter to perform the conversion of the data field defined by the parameter in the request;
- generate a converted data field from the conversion;
- and
- returning the converted data field to the protocol handler.
A system comprising:
- a protocol handler, implemented by one or more processors, for receiving a request from a client computer for an application service, the request including a parameter defining a data field for a conversion and a conversion ID that specifies the conversion;
- a conversion registry for storing one or more converters according to a set of conversion IDs;
- a conversion handler associated with the protocol handler and implemented by one or more processors, for performing a lookup of the one or more converters in the conversion registry based on the conversion ID in the request, the conversion handler further for calling at least one of the one or more converters
- a conversion interface for executing the conversion of the data field defined by the parameter in the request by the at least one of the one or more converters, to generate a converted data field, and for returning the converted data field to the protocol handler.
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