Interoperability method and software
View Patent ↗Interoperability software modules comprise an architected .NET layer, an architected interpreter, an automatic interpreter and a library of COM objects. The architected interpreter where they are mapped to intermediate .NET interfaces compatible with the automatic interpreter by means of a Runtime Callable Wrapper (RCW). The architected interpreter also comprises an architected COM Callable Wrapper (CCW) that maps the intermediate COM interfaces into architected interfaces.
1. A method residing and implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for execution on a processor, the processor when executed performing the method, comprising:
receiving, by the processor, interface definitions associated with one of: a non-standard first-software architecture and a non-standard second software architecture as an interpreter processes the interface definitions on the processor;
translating, by the processor, the interface definitions, via the interpreter, the interface definitions translated to a format different from a particular format in which the interface definitions were received, the interface definitions in an intermediate format for accessing libraries of proprietary software that is a different software architecture from that which is associated with the non-standard first-software architecture and the non-standard second software architecture, and the interface definitions generated from an interoperability toolkit associated with the libraries;
wherein translating further includes wrapping, by the processor, the interface definitions in a runtime callable wrapper and a COM callable wrapper; and
outputting, by the processor, the interface definitions that were translated.
2. The method of the claim 1 , wherein the interface definitions translated comprise intermediate interface definitions.
3. The method of the claim 1 further comprising, mapping, by the processor, the intermediate interface definitions to the interface definitions directly with the second software architecture.
4. The method of the claim 1 further comprising, mapping, by the processor, the interface definitions from the second software architecture to intermediate interface definitions prior to receiving the interface definitions.
5. The method of the claim 4 , wherein the interface definitions mapped comprise the intermediate interface definitions.
6. The method of the claim 1 , wherein translating further comprises, mapping, by the processor, the interface definitions received to a particular format associated with the other of: the first software architecture and the second software architecture.