Integrated administrative interface for open network programming applications

摘要

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes compiling a schema definition file associated with a non-native application into a command file, the non-native application being executable in connection with a network element; creating at least one parse chain for the non-native application; storing the at least one parse chain in a database; and receiving a first command associated with the non-native application from a network administrator. The method further includes parsing the received first command as specified by the at least one parse chain to extract data therefrom; and presenting the extracted data to the non-native application, in which the extracted data is formatted as specified in the associated schema definition file prior to the presenting.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
compiling a schema definition file associated with a non-native application into a command file, the non-native application being executable in connection with a network element; creating at least one parse chain for the non-native application, wherein the at least one parse chain comprises command metadata for parsing Command Line Interface (“CLI”) commands and extracting data input from the CLI commands; storing the at least one parse chain in a database; receiving a first CLI command associated with the non-native application from a network administrator; parsing the received first CLI command as specified by command metadata in the at least one parse chain to extract data therefrom; and presenting the extracted data to the non-native application, wherein the extracted data is formatted as specified in the associated schema definition file prior to the presenting; wherein the schema definition file comprises an XML file defining commands associated with the non-native application after the XML file has been transformed using eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (“XSLT”), wherein the XSLT transforms the XML file into command syntactical metadata and command data format information comprising the schema definition file.