Granted Patent B2

US 12,380,131 · App. 16/513,402 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Inventors: Kranthi K. Pachipala (Bangalore, IN); Srikanthan Raghunathan (Bangalore, IN); Arati Pradhan (Bangalore, IN); John Thomas (Bangalore, IN); Michael H. Walther (Duesseldorf, DE)

Assignee: OPEN TEXT CORPORATION

G06F16/275G06F16/25

Abstract

Claims (60)

1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer-readable code executable to:

connect to a repository storing a plurality of objects of a plurality of object types, each of the plurality of objects having associated structural information stored according to an internal representation of information used by the repository, the associated structural information comprising:

an object type corresponding to the object; and

attributes of the object;

the repository storing at least one database table that stores the associated structural information for the plurality of objects as metadata for the plurality of object types;

retrieve the associated structural information associated with each of the plurality of objects to learn the plurality of object types and the attributes associated with each of the plurality of object types, the retrieving comprising:

executing a session query;

extracting the plurality of object types from the at least one database table that stores the metadata for the plurality of object types;

based on learning the plurality of object types and the attributes of the plurality of object types, create a representation of the plurality of object types, the representation of the plurality of object types comprising attributes associated with that object type, wherein creating the representation comprises:

iterating through the plurality of object types; and

generating a collection comprising tree structures, wherein each tree structure of the collection includes a parent node for each object type of the plurality of object types, wherein each tree structure comprises child nodes specifying attributes for the object type defined by the parent node;

import the created representation of the plurality of object types into a portal; and

process the imported representation of the plurality of object types to dynamically create, in the portal, the plurality of object types with corresponding properties arranged in a tree structures corresponding to the imported representation, thereby allowing applications to access the plurality of objects stored in the repository via the portal.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein dynamically creating the plurality of object types with corresponding properties in the portal to allow applications to access the plurality of objects stored in the repository via the portal includes dynamically creating the plurality of object types with associated attributes in the portal to allow applications to access the plurality of objects stored in the repository via the portal through a repository manager associated with the portal.

3. The computer program product of claim 2 , wherein the repository manager converts the internal representation of information used by the repository into a uniform representation used by the portal.

4. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the associated structural information associated with each object of the plurality of objects includes attribute information including one or more of the following for an attribute: a data type of the attribute, whether the attribute is read only, whether the attribute is indexed, whether the attribute is searchable, or whether the attribute is required.

5. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable code is executable to construct and send to the repository a query written in a query language associated with the repository.

6. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable code is executable to:

read a repository credential file that includes credential information for the repository and specifies the plurality of objects; and

connect to the repository using the credential information.

7. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer-readable code, the computer-readable code executable by the processor to:

connect to a repository storing a plurality of objects of a plurality of object types, each of the plurality of objects having associated structural information stored according to an internal representation of information used by the repository, the associated structural information comprising:

an object type corresponding to the object; and

attributes of the object;

the repository storing at least one database table that stores the associated structural information for the plurality of objects as metadata for the plurality of object types;

retrieve the associated structural information associated with each of the plurality of objects to learn the plurality of object types and the attributes associated with each of the plurality of object types, the retrieving comprising:

executing a session query;

extracting the plurality of object types from the at least one database table that stores the metadata for the plurality of object types;

based on learning the plurality of object types and the attributes of the plurality of object types, create a representation of the plurality of object types, the representation of the plurality of object types comprising attributes associated with that object type, wherein creating the representation comprises:

iterating through of the plurality of object types; and

generating a collection comprising tree structures, wherein each tree structure of the collection includes a parent node for each object type of the plurality of object types, wherein each tree structure comprises child nodes specifying attributes for the object type defined by the parent node;

import the created representation of the plurality of object types into a portal; and

process the imported representation of the plurality of object types to dynamically create, in the portal, the plurality of object types with corresponding properties arranged in a tree structures corresponding to the imported representation, thereby allowing applications to access the plurality of objects stored in the repository via the portal.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein dynamically creating the plurality of object types with corresponding properties in the portal to allow applications to access the plurality of objects stored in the repository via the portal includes dynamically creating the plurality of object types with associated attributes in the portal to allow applications to access the plurality of objects stored in the repository via the portal through a repository manager associated with the portal.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the repository manager converts the internal representation of information used by the repository into a uniform representation used by the portal.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the associated structural information associated with each object of the plurality of objects includes attribute information including one or more of the following for an attribute: a data type of the attribute, whether the attribute is read only, whether the attribute is indexed, whether the attribute is searchable, or whether the attribute is required.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the computer-readable code is executable to construct and send to the repository a query written in a query language associated with the repository.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the computer-readable code is executable to:

read a repository credential file that includes credential information for the repository and specifies the plurality of objects; and

connect to the repository using the credential information.

13. A method comprising:

executing code to:

connect to a repository storing a plurality of objects of a plurality of object types, each of the plurality of objects having associated structural information stored according to an internal representation of information used by the repository, the associated structural information comprising:

an object type corresponding to the object; and

attributes of the object;

the repository storing at least one database table that stores the associated structural information for the plurality of objects as metadata for the plurality of object types;

retrieve the associated structural information associated with each of the plurality of objects to learn the plurality of object types and the attributes associated with each of the plurality of object types, the retrieving comprising:

executing a session query;

extracting the plurality of object types from the at least one database table that stores the metadata for the plurality of object types;

based on learning the plurality of object types and the attributes of the plurality of object types, create a representation of the plurality of object types, the representation of the plurality of object types comprising attributes associated with that object type, wherein creating the representation comprises:

iterating through of the plurality of object types; and

generating a collection comprising tree structures, wherein each tree structure of the collection includes a parent node for each object type of the plurality of object types, wherein each tree structure comprises child nodes specifying attributes for the object type defined by the parent node;

import the created representation of the plurality of object types into a portal; and

process the imported representation of the plurality of object types to dynamically create, in the portal, the plurality of object types with corresponding properties arranged in a tree structures corresponding to the imported representation, thereby allowing applications to access the plurality of objects stored in the repository via the portal.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein dynamically creating the plurality of object types with corresponding properties in the portal to allow applications to access the plurality of objects stored in the repository via the portal includes dynamically creating the plurality of object types with associated attributes in the portal to allow applications to access the plurality of objects stored in the repository via the portal through a repository manager associated with the portal.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the repository manager converts the internal representation of information used by the repository into a uniform representation used by the portal.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the associated structural information associated with each object of the plurality of objects includes attribute information including one or more of the following for an attribute: a data type of the attribute, whether the attribute is read only, whether the attribute is indexed, whether the attribute is searchable, or whether the attribute is required.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising executing the code to construct a query written in a query language associated with the repository and send the query to the repository.

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