System and method for communicating asynchronously with web services using message set definitions

摘要

Described herein are a system, method, and computer readable medium for correlating asynchronous communication messages between a mobile communication device and a data source over a network. The mobile communication device executes an application to provide interaction with the data source based on the content of the communication messages. The system includes a message set and a message manager. The message set is configured to correlate an asynchronous request message of the communication messages with a corresponding asynchronous response message of the communication messages. The asynchronous request message has a first correlation identifier when transmitted and the asynchronous response message has a second correlation identifier when received; the first and second correlation identifiers form part of the message set and specify a mapping that correlates a data element of the asynchronous request message and a data element of the asynchronous response message, respectively, with a data instance. The first correlation identifier is different from the second correlation identifier. The message manager is configured to map the data element of the asynchronous response message to the element of the data instance by resolving the data instance using the second correlation identifier, and by updating the element of the data instance with the data element of the asynchronous response message according to the mapping specified in the message set.