Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable media are provided for the conformance testing of services through the utilization of a conformance control module. In one exemplary embodiment, the method may include comparing meta-data returned by the service to predetermined parameters to determine whether the meta-data conforms to the predetermined parameters. The method may also include determining a conformance violation exists when the comparison indicates the meta-data does not conform to the predetermined parameters. The method may further include determining a conformance violation does not exist when the comparison indicates the meta-data does conform to the predetermined parameters. Moreover, the method may include continuing execution of the service based on the results of the comparisons made.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for encoding binary XML. The techniques include receiving data to be encoded and encoding the data as binary XML data. The binary XML data includes one or more elements. Each element is represented by an index number that identifies the element, a length number that indicates the length of the element's name, and token numbers that represent tags delimiting the element. The index numbers, length numbers, and token numbers are encoded as a sequence of bytes including at least one byte that represents a composite number. A composite number is a token number combined with either an index number or length number.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for adapting service entities using a declarative approach in a service framework. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided for adapting service entities. The method includes the steps of retrieving at least one software entity from a first repository in response to a first input and receiving a declaration from a user for adapting the software entity. The method further includes the steps of adapting the software entity to an adapted software entity based on the declaration and storing the adapted software entity in a second repository.

Abstract: Embodiments consistent with the principles of the invention check, before the data underlying a changed primary object is persistently save, for related objects whose data is also affected by the change. The related objects may be two or more degrees removed from the primary object. The changed primary object and all its changed related objects are then persistently saved together, so that the saved data is consistent across the related objects. Embodiments consistent with the principles of the invention also provide a state model for controlling access to services by clients and for making services available by servers.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for mapping at run time a value, such as a technical identification (ID) key, to text based on a text association. In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving at run time a request, from a user interface at a client computer, the request associated with an object at a server; instantiating, at a server, a service for mapping at run time the value to text based on the text association, the text association being determined before run time; and at run time providing to a user interface at the client computer, the text based on the text association, such that the text is responsive to the request from the user interface.

Abstract: Methods and systems for calling a service provider using a service manager and a local client proxy. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is provided to instantiate the service manager, the service provider, and the local client proxy. In response to the service provider, the local client proxy calls another service provider through the service manager to complete the call to the other service provider.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for enterprise data objects. An enterprise data object is a container of data that can be used in a wide range of technical and semantic layers within a business system. In particular, enterprise data objects provide high-level interfaces that can be used to access and manipulate complex and structured data.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a representation of a service, the service including handling of a request for a context-dependent data set derived from one or more collections of data elements. The representation includes a specification of a first data field, a specification of an input data structure including two or more data fields and the first data field, the two or more data fields defining a context for the first data set, a specification of an output data structure, instances of the output data structure including the context-dependent data set, and a name of a service provider.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing notifications of events include defining a set of standard events for objects in a back end system and operating on an object in the back end system using an instance of a service provider class. Conditions corresponding to a standard event from the set of standard events are detected. The conditions corresponding to the standard event are defined by meta data stored in a repository. One or more subscribers to the standard event are notified in response to a detected condition.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for encoding binary XML. The techniques include receiving data to be encoded and encoding the data as binary XML data. The binary XML data includes one or more elements. Each element is represented by an index number that identifies the element, a length number that indicates the length of the element's name, and token numbers that represent tags delimiting the element. The index numbers, length numbers, and token numbers are encoded as a sequence of bytes including at least one byte that represents a composite number. A composite number is a token number combined with either an index number or length number.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for using dynamic meta data for an enterprise service framework. There is a meta data element associated with a meta data element attribute. A value for the meta data element attribute is calculated in response to a request associated with the meta data element.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing to a client a definition of an object representing attributes of a first collection of data elements and an operation on the first collection, each data element having attributes and the operation in common with other data elements from the first collection, the definition comprising an effect of executing the operation on a second collection of data elements. This also includes receiving from a client a request to execute the operation on one or more data elements from the first collection, executing the operation on one or more data elements from the first collection, and updating a copy of one or more data elements from the second collection according to the effect of executing the operation.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for using a meta model for an enterprise service architecture. The meta model includes a first class to represent data organization in a back end data store. The first class includes a data type identifier attribute to permit meta data to identify a data type. The meta model also includes a second class associated with the first class. The second class includes a field identifier attribute to permit meta data to identify fields for a particular data type. The meta model also includes a third class associated with the first class. The third class includes an action identifier attribute to permit meta data to identify an action. In some examples, there is a service provider identifier to permit meta data to identify a service provider class that can effect the action.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, that include providing to a client a definition of an object class representing attributes of a first collection of data elements and a list of possible operations on the first collection, each data element having attributes and possible operations in common with other data elements from the first collection. The method also includes customizing a usage policy of the first collection for a configuration of the client, receiving from the client a first request to execute an operation from the list on one or more data elements from the first collection, checking the first request against the definition and the usage policy, and executing the operation on the one or more data elements of the first collection.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing services by an application server, the method including collecting a request from a consumer software component for a service from a provider software component, and checking the request against a set of semantic descriptions in a manifest of methods provided by objects in the provider software component.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, that include representing, in a repository, services from a server, the services including interacting with one or more collections of data elements using a set of operations on the data elements in the collections, the repository comprising descriptions of the collections and common attributes for each collection, the repository organized according to a meta model. The method also includes enabling a software entity to request a service represented in the repository, the service representing a first operation on one or more data elements in a first collection from the collections, and executing the first operation on the one or more data elements in the first collection.