Method and apparatus for composite user interface generation

摘要

A method for directing messages between a composite user interface and at least one source application. A message is to be directed to a predetermined set of services, each service executes a command specified by the message and the message comprises details of the predetermined set of services. Each service in the predetermined set of services uses said details to determine whether the message should be sent to another service, and if it is determined that the message should be sent to another service transmits the message to an appropriate service.

主权项

1. An method of directing messages within a computer system, the method comprising:
performing by the computer system programmed with code stored in a memory and executing by a processor of the computer system that transforms the computer system into a machine:
directing a message to a predetermined set of services;
each service executes a command specified by the message wherein the message comprises details of the predetermined set of services; andeach service in the predetermined set of services uses said details to determine whether the message should be sent to another service, andfor each message determined to be sent to another service:
determining the service to whom the message should be sent; andtransmitting the message to the service to whom it is determined the message should be sent;directing the message between a composite user interface and at least one source application;receiving the message by an aggregation service;generating with the aggregation service at least one further message which produces a request to the at least one source application;receiving with the aggregation service a plurality of response messages containing data generated by the at least one source application;generating by the aggregation service, using said plurality of response messages, a further response message;transmitting the further response message to the composite user interface;generating a further response message when a predetermined number of responses messages are received; andreceiving with the aggregation service the predetermined number of response messages in response to transmission of said further response message.