Java-to-Database Connectivity Server

A database communication system for connecting to a database server comprising:

• a computer system including executable program code implementing an application or applet;
• a communication stream coupled to the computer system;
• a database server coupled to the computer system via the communication stream including executable program code implementing a server for communicating data between the computer system and the database server using interprocess communication level communication;
• and
• an Applications Programmer Interface (API) coupled to the database server.

A method of connecting an application or applet to a database comprising:

• instantiating an instance of a database server type to form a database server;
• constructing a connection type by the operation of the database server;
• creating a server interprocess communication handler by the operation of the database server;
• instantiating the connection type to form an interprocess communication acceptor;
• accepting the server interprocess communication by the operation of the interprocess communication acceptor;
• instantiating the connection type to form a generic connection instance;
• constructing a database connection by the operation of the generic connection instance;
• and
• creating a interprocess communication stream by the operation of the generic connection instance.

A method of providing server for connecting an application or applet to a database comprising:

• providing a generic database server type including:
• a database server instantiator including executable program code for instantiating instances of the database server;
• an instance of the database server type including a connection type constructor and a server interprocess communication creator;
• and
• a connection type instantiator including a server interprocess communication acceptor;
• and
• providing a generic connection type including:
• an instance of the connection type including a database connection constructor and a interprocess communication stream creator;
• a creator of input and output interprocess communication streams;
• a creator of a database connection;
• a database connection including executable program code for database processing and data formatting of database information;
• and
• input and output interprocess communication streams including executable program code for transmitting the database information.

A method of providing a database communication system for connecting with a database server comprising:

• providing a computer system including executable program code implementing an application or applet;
• providing a communication stream coupled to the computer system;
• providing a Web server coupled to the computer system via the communication stream including executable program code implementing a server for communicating data between the computer system and the database server using interprocess communication level communication;
• and
• providing an Applications Programmer Interface (API) coupled to the Web server.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein including a server for connecting an application or applet to a database including:
• a generic database server type including:
• a database server instantiator including executable program code for instantiating instances of the database server;
• an instance of the database server type including a connection type constructor and a server interprocess communication creator;
• and
• a connection type instantiator including a server interprocess communication acceptor;
• and
• a generic connection type including:
• an instance of the connection type including a database connection constructor and a interprocess communication stream creator;
• a creator of input and output interprocess communication streams;
• a creator of a database connection;
• a database connection including executable program code for database processing and data formatting of database information;
• and
• input and output interprocess communication streams including executable program code for transmitting the database information.