Message processing in a service oriented architecture
View Patent ↗A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims.
1. A method for processing messages, comprising:
conveying a message in a first direction along a first path in a message processing graph wherein the first path includes at least one message processing node;
affording each one of the at least one message processing node the opportunity to process the message;
providing the message to one of: a service and service proxy; wherein the message includes an operation to be performed by a service external to the first path
wherein the first path is dynamically configured using configuration information from a console, wherein the console uses a session to update the configuration in a batch, batch changes being validated before updating core configuration data.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein:
a message processing node in the at least one message processing node can be added to or removed from the message processing graph dynamically.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein:
a message processing node in the at least one message processing node can be configured dynamically.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the first path includes a first message processing node to accept request messages and at least one second message processing node to accept response messages.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein:
a message processing node in the at least one message processing node is capable of performing at least one of the following: message authentication, message authorization, message validation, message transformation, message routing, performance monitoring, message tracking, message archiving, message logging, message publication, error reporting, and a user- defined process.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
conveying a response message through the first path in a direction that is opposite of the first direction.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein:
each one of the at least one message processing node implements a common interface and/or a protocol.
8. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon to cause a system to:
convey a message in a first direction along a first path in a message processing graph wherein the first path includes at least one message processing node;
afford each one of the at least one message processing node the opportunity to process the message;
providing the message to one of: a service and service proxy
wherein the message includes an operation to be performed by a service external to the first path
wherein the first path is dynamically configured using configuration information from a console, wherein the console uses a session to update the configuration in a batch, batch changes being validated before updating core configuration data.
9. A system for processing a message, comprising:
a message processing graph;
a first path in the message processing graph wherein the first path includes at least one message processing node and wherein the first path is capable of conveying the message in a first direction through the message processing graph wherein each one of the at least one message processing node is capable of processing the message;
a component capable of providing the message to one of: a service and service proxy; and
wherein the message includes an operation to be performed by a service which is external to the first path, wherein the first path is dynamically configured using configuration information from a console, wherein the console uses a session to update the configuration in a batch, batch changes being validated before updating core configuration data.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein:
a message processing node in the at least one message processing node can be added to or removed from the message processing graph dynamically.
11. The system of claim 9 wherein:
a message processing node in the at least one message processing node can be configured dynamically.
12. The system of claim 9 wherein:
the first path includes a first message processing node to accept request messages and at least one second message processing node to accept response messages.
13. The system of claim 9 wherein:
a message processing node in the at least one message processing node is capable of performing at least one of the following: message authentication, message authorization, message validation, message transformation, message routing, performance monitoring, message tracking, message archiving, message logging, message publication, error reporting, and a user-defined process.
14. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:
conveying a response message through the first path in a direction that is opposite of the first direction.
15. The system of claim 9 wherein:
each one of the at least one message processing node implements a common interface and/or a protocol.
16. A method for processing messages, comprising:
conveying a message in a first direction along a first path in a message processing graph wherein the first path includes at least one message processing node;
affording each one of the at least one message processing node the opportunity to process the message;
providing the message to one of: a service and service proxy;
wherein the message includes an operation to be performed by a service external to the first path
wherein at least one message processing node is dynamically configured using configuration information from a console, wherein the console uses a session to update the configuration in a batch, batch changes being validated before updating core configuration data.