SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING ACCESS TO A PLURALITY OF HETEROGENEOUS BACKEND SERVERS
A plug-in is provided for use with an authoring application. The plug-in facilitates development of a wireless application in communication with a backend server via a corresponding connector. The plug-in comprises an interface and an assembler. The interface interfaces with the authoring application and receiving a desired inquiry from the authoring application to be posted to the backend server. The assembler creates a schema-based description document describing the inquiry in accordance with a set of predefined criteria for ensuring that the connector is able to interpret the description document.
1 . A computer readable storage medium comprising computer code for execution by a processor, the computer code configured to provide a plug-in for use with an authoring application, the plug-in for facilitating development of a wireless application by enabling communication with a backend server via a corresponding connector, the computer code comprising instructions for the plug-in to provide:
(a) an interface for receiving from the authoring application an inquiry to the backend server; and
(b) an assembler for creating a description document describing the inquiry.
2 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 further comprising computer code for providing a connection interface to the backend.
3 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the assembler further creates a data, the data document comprising information not included in the description document, the description document being published and the data document being secret.
4 . A computer readable storage medium comprising computer code for execution by a processor for facilitating communication between a wireless application and a backend server wherein the computer code comprises instructions for providing:
(a) a plug-in for use with an authoring application as well as a description document describing a backend server; and
(b) a connector or use with a gateway server for interpreting the and establishing a connection with the backend server in response to the backend server inquiry.
5 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 4 , further comprising a data document, the data document including information not included In the description document, the description document being published and the data document being secret.
6 . A method of developing an application for execution on a wireless device, the application capable of communicating with one of a plurality of heterogeneous backend servers, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) preparing a server inquiry, the server inquiry for enabling the application to access data on the backend server; and
(b) creating a description document encapsulating the server inquiry.