摘要:
A connector facilitates delivery of a message received from an application to one of a plurality of heterogeneous backend servers via a gateway server. The message is defined in a schema-based description document in accordance with a set of predefined criteria specific to the connector. The connector comprises a processor for encapsulating the message in accordance with a binding protocol defined by the schema-based description document a transceiver for transmitting the message in accordance a connection protocol defined by with the schema-based description document.
摘要:
System and method for data simplification in wireless communications are enabled by an application developer toolkit (22) used to convert complex service messages (76, 84) to simplified data messages (72,84) for storing information associated with a remote service (18a,18b) that utilizes complex data structures (20) for conveying the information to devices that access the remote service. The application developer toolkit also outputs maps (52,54) for converting the complex service messages to the simplified wireless messages in a format of a simplified data structure (200), and maps simplified wireless messages to complex service messages. A proxy (40) located in a communications path (42,44) between a wireless device (56) and the remote service uses the maps to convert the complex service messages to the simplified service messages, and vice versa.
摘要:
A system and method for generating an application based on a first component having definitions expressed in a structured definition language and a second component having a series of instructions. The component applications comprise data components, presentation components, and message components, which are written in XML code. The component applications further comprise workflow components which are written in a subset of ECMAScript, and are augmented with the XML code. The components define the processing on a device runtime environment of messages communicated over a network between the device and a datasource. The system and method have a data model for providing a persistent state of the application including the component definitions and the series of instructions. The system and method also have a code module for obtaining the components from the data model and for generating a first application element including code representing the component definitions. The system and method also have a mappings module for obtaining datasource mapping information from the data model and for generating a second application element including mapping file descriptors corresponding to the datasource mapping information, the mapping information for use in communication of the messages between the device runtime environment and the datasource. The system and method also have a resource module for collecting application resources and for generating a third application element including the resources, wherein the application elements are subsequently packaged as a deployable form of the application.
摘要:
A system and method for generating a service interface definition for a data source from an application definition. The application definition comprising a screen component having screen definitions expressed in a first structured definition language for defining the visualization of a data structure when displayed on a graphical user interface of a device when in communication with the data source over a network. The visualized data structure related to data content associated with the messages communicated over the network between the device and the data source via the service interface. The system and method comprising: a service interface generation engine configured for coordinating the processing of screen control mappings identified from the screen component in generation of the service interface, the screen control mappings for defining a work flow of the screen described by the screen component in the context of the application; a message definition generator module of the engine for generating a message definition set related to the identified control mappings, the message definition set for describing the data structure communicated between the device and the data source, the message definition set expressed in a second structured definition language; an operation definition generator module of the engine for generating an operation definition describing an action supported by the data source, the operation definition expressed in the second structured definition language; wherein the message definition set is assignable to the operation definition during generation of the service interface.
摘要:
An application generation environment coordinates development of component-based applications using an interconnected model of objects serialized in a first format of a structured definition language (e.g. XML). Application components are generated for execution by a client device (e.g. a wireless mobile device) comprising a runtime environment and primarily define the processing of messages communicated over a network between the client device and an external data source such as a service or other remote application. Definitions in accordance with a first format are transformed into a second format which is simplified and compact for less resource intensive interpretation by the runtime environment of the client device. A set of rules (e.g. XSLT) may be applied for the transformation. The application generation environment may comprise an Eclipse-based platform and the first format for serializing the interconnected model of objects be defined in accordance with a modelling framework (e.g. Eclipse Modelling Framework (EMF)).
摘要:
A system and method for providing a user interface system to develop an application having a first component with descriptors expressed in a structured definition language and a second component expressed as a series of instructions. The individual components interact for processing messages on a runtime environment of a device that are received from a data source over a network. The component applications comprise data components, presentation components, and message components, which are written in XML code. The component applications further comprise workflow components which are written in a subset of ECMAScript, and are augmented with the XML code. The user interface system comprises a first module, such as a viewer or and editor, for developing the definitions of the first component through interaction with a data model that provides a persistent state of the application. The user interface system comprises a second module for developing the instructions of the second component through interaction with the data model. and a backend connector for providing the message mapping information of the data source to the first module. The first module generates the definitions based on the mapping information. The first and second components developed by respective the first and second modules are included in the application with other components where applicable.