Automatically creating JavaScript objects to invoke methods on server-side Java beans

1. A process for setting up the execution of a set of specific server-side bean methods to be called by a client-side data processing system for during a specific session, comprising:

receiving a user-definition of a Java Server Page identifying a set of specific server-side bean methods that can be called by a client-side data processing system during a specific session;

creating a session-specific Application Program Interface on the server side for a the set of specific server-side bean methods;

automatically creating an JavaScript program that is unique to the client-side data processing system and the specific session, the JavaScript program containing calls to the set of specific server-side bean methods in accordance with the session-specific Application Program Interface, JavaScript program restricting the client-side data processing system to call only methods in the set of specific server-side bean methods during the specific session; and

sending the created JavaScript program to the client-side data processing system; and

executing the JavaScript program on the client side to call the methods in the set of specific server-side bean methods, including creating a Java object having the same name as a server-side bean.

2. The process of claim 1 , wherein the interpreted script language program is executed by a non-modified standard browser program.

3. The process of claim 1 , further including initially registering the set of specific server-side methods on the server side, wherein the registering includes identifying the set of specific registered server-side methods.

4. The process of claim 1 , wherein the set of specific server-side methods includes all methods of a bean.

5. The process of claim 3 , wherein registration is performed using Server Page tags.

6. The process of claim 1 , wherein the session-specific Application Program Interface identifies parameters of the methods in the set of specific server-side methods.

7. The process of claim 1 , wherein executing the interpreted script language program includes converting the parameters sent to the server side.

8. The process of claim 1 , wherein executing the interpreted script language program includes converting results sent from the server side.

9. The process of claim 1 , where executing the interpreted script language program further includes using Simple Object Access Protocol calls to invoke the methods in the set of specific server-side methods.

10. The process of claim 1 , where executing the interpreted script language program further includes using Simple Object Access Protocol to return results from the methods in the set of specific server-side methods.

11. The process of claim 1 , wherein the interpreted script language program includes instructions for:

declaring public methods for a current session;

setting up Simple Object Access Protocol requests for each server-side method in the set of specific server-side methods; and

instantiating program objects on the client-side that correspond to server-side objects.

12. A process for executing a set of specific server-side methods by a client-side data processing system, performed by the client-side data processing system in a specific session and-comprising:

receiving a JavaScript program, the JavaScript program being automatically created by the server-side, the JavaScript program being unique to the client-side data processing system and the specific session, the JavaScript program containing calls to the methods in the set of specific server-side bean methods in accordance with a session-specific Application Program Interface, the session-specific Application Program Interface being automatically created on the server-side for the set of the specific server side bean methods, the JavaScript program restricting the client-side data processing system to call only methods in the set of specific server-side bean methods during the specific session, the methods in the set of specific server-side bean methods being identified by a user-definition of a Java Server Page received by the server-side; and

executing the JavaScript program on the client side to call only the methods in the set of specific server-side bean methods, including creating a Java object having the same name as a server-side bean.

13. The process of claim 12 , further including passing parameters to the methods in the set of specific server-side methods when the interpreted script language program is executed on the client side.

14. The process of claim 12 , further including receiving results from the methods in the set of specific server-side methods when the interpreted script language program is executed on the client-side.