US 9,317,259 B2Granted

Apparatus, system, and method for automatically generating a reusable software component for interfacing with a web service

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsSivakumar Chandrasekharan, Sujee Sivasubramaniyam

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Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for automatically generating a reusable software component for interfacing with a web service. The apparatus for automatically generating a reusable software component for interfacing with a web service is provided with a logic unit containing a plurality of module configured to functionally execute the steps of receiving a web service identifier, establishing communication with a web service, determining one or more functions provided by the web service, and automatically generating a reusable web service component configured to receive an application request and return a web service result. These modules in the described embodiments include a receiving module, a determination module, a communication module, and a generation module. Beneficially, such an apparatus, system, and method would facilitate creation, test, and integration of web service components in application code without requiring a substantial time and resource investment.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable program code executable by a processor, the computer readable program code performing:
receiving a web service identifier of a web service from an application requesting use of the web service;
searching for a Universal Resource Locator (URL) for the web service in response to the web service identifier lacking a valid URL for the web service;
accepting input parameters as application code of a programming language of the application;
determining one or more functions provided by the web service corresponding to the web service identifier;
generating a reusable web service component based on the one or more functions and the input parameters, the reusable web service component comprising computer readable instructions to integrate with the application;
invoking the web service using the reusable web service component to perform a requested function;
receiving a web service result from the requested function of the one or more functions;
converting the web service result into application code of the programming language of the application;
and
assigning the web service result to an output parameter in application code of the programming language of the application.

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A system comprising:

a computer network configured to provide data communication between a web service server and a web service utility;
a server connected to the computer network and configured to host a web service;
and
a processor connected to the computer network;
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable program code executable by the processor, the computer readable program code performing:
receiving a web service identifier of a web service from an application requesting use of the web service;
searching for a Universal Resource Locator (URL) for the web service in response to the web service identifier lacking a valid URL for the web service;
accepting input parameters as application code of a programming language of the application;
determining one or more functions provided by the web service corresponding to the web service identifier;
generating a reusable web service component based on the one or more functions and the input parameters, the reusable web service component comprising computer readable instructions to integrate with the application;
invoking the web service using the reusable web service component to perform a requested function;
receiving a web service result from the requested function of the one or more functions;
converting the web service result into application code of the programming language of the application;
and
assigning the web service result to an output parameter in application code of the programming language of the application.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.