Environment aware business delegates
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSami M. Shalabi, Andrew E. Davis, Matthew W. Flaherty
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for an environment aware business delegate. A method for delegating an invoked action in an enterprise application can include determining an environment from which the action has been invoked and selecting a behavior for use which corresponds to the environment. Subsequently, the action can be delegated to the selected behavior for processing in the enterprise application. In a specific aspect of the invention, the determining step can include determining whether the action has been invoked in a server, in an online client or in an offline client.
Claims18
A method for delegating an invoked action in an enterprise application, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining an environment from which the action has been invoked;
- selecting a business delegate behavior for use which corresponds to said environment;
- mapping the determined environment to a corresponding business delegate behavior specified by a profile in a descriptor file in an archive hosting a business delegate for the action, the descriptor file having a business delegate definition element as a top level element, which includes a services element and a business delegates element;
- and,
- delegating said action to said selected business delegate behavior for processing in the enterprise application.
A machine readable storage memory having stored thereon a computer program for delegating an invoked action in an enterprise application, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform the steps of:
- determining an environment from which the action has been invoked;
- selecting a business delegate behavior for use which corresponds to said environment;
- mapping the determined environment to a corresponding business delegate behavior specified by a profile in a descriptor file in an archive hosting a business delegate for the action, the descriptor file having a business delegate definition element as a top level element, which includes a services element and a business delegates element;
- and,
- delegating said action to said selected business delegate behavior for processing in the enterprise application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.