Abstract: A data connection between a client and a server via a primary network path where the client is unable to establish the data connection to the server using established procedures of the primary network path. A connection request message is formed that substitutes for a connection request of the primary network path. The connection request message is sent to the server via a secondary data path that is separate from the primary network path. The data connection is then established between the server and the client via the primary network path based on receipt of the connection request message via the secondary data path.

Abstract: An Interface Markup Language (“IML”) file specifies abstract server interface definitions called “operations” that return abstract content descriptions called “entities”. Each entity specifies a set of operations that the entity can invoke. The combined set of entities and operations together define an abstract flow diagram of an application. A computer readable medium has instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a sequence of steps in order to make application code that is based on a flow diagram of an application. The steps include making an IML file that includes an operation list section delimited by an operation list marker and an entity list section delimited by an entity list marker. The operation list section specifies a series of operations supported by an application server. The entity list section describes a set of entities which constitute an interface to an application running on the application server.

Abstract: A document written in a markup language is represented by a unique data structure. A virtual node tree describes the structure of the data types in the document. Each one of the nodes in the virtual node tree respectively corresponds to one of the data types in the document. A data array corresponding to each one of the nodes in the virtual node tree includes information identifying the relationship of the node to other nodes in the virtual node tree and a reference indicating the location of the data corresponding to the node. A set of software components obtains the data corresponding to the nodes using the references included in the data array.