Relational logic integration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10564937-B2
Application number	US-201414335502-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2014
Priority date	Jul 18, 2014
Publication date	Feb 18, 2020
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for performing integration logic programming. One computer-implemented method includes receiving, by operation of a middleware system, first information in a first format corresponding to a first application, applying, by operation of the middleware system, one or more integration logic programming (ILP) patterns to the first information, the one or more ILP patterns representing application integration semantics using a logic programming language, generating, by operation of the middleware system, a second information in response to applying the one or more ILP patterns to the first information, and outputting, by operation of the middleware system, the second information in a second format corresponding to a second application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by operation of a middleware system and using an endpoint of an integration system runtime, first information in a first format corresponding to a first application, wherein the endpoint is one of a plurality of endpoints of the integration system runtime forming a uniform endpoint interface connecting the middleware system to other computational systems, wherein the plurality of endpoints are wired together within the integration system runtime with processing applications that are used to perform software application integration operations, wherein the middleware system enables interoperability between applications including the first application and a second application, and wherein the first application and the second application run on different systems and use different database solutions, computer languages, or data formats;
converting the first information in the first format into a canonical data model format;
applying, by operation of the middleware system, one or more integration logic programming (ILP) patterns to the converted first information to generate intermediate results, the one or more ILP patterns representing application integration semantics using a logic programming language, wherein the one or more ILP patterns comprise one or more of a content-based router, a message splitter, a message aggregator, a message filter, or a content filter;
generating, by operation of the middleware system, a reduced set of the intermediate results as a second information in response to applying the one or more ILP patterns to the first information to generate the intermediate results; and
outputting, by operation of the middleware system, the second information in a second format corresponding to the second application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the logic programming language comprises DATALOG.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising defining the one or more ILP patterns by representing application integration semantics using the logic programming language.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying one or more ILP patterns to the first information comprises applying a composited ILP pattern to allow extended logic programming processing, the composited ILP pattern comprises two or more ILP patterns.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first format is JAVASCRIPT Object Notation (JSON), and the canonical data model format is DATALOG or PROLOG.

6. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions executable by a computer and configured to:
receive, by operation of a middleware system and using an endpoint of an integration system runtime, first information in a first format corresponding to a first application, wherein the endpoint is one of a plurality of endpoints of the integration system runtime forming a uniform endpoint interface connecting the middleware system to other computational systems, wherein the plurality of endpoints are wired together within the integration system runtime with processing applications that are used to perform software application integration operations, wherein the middleware system enables interoperability between applications including the first application and a second application, and wherein the first application and the second application run on different systems and use different database solutions, computer languages, or data formats;
converting the first information in the first format into a canonical data model format;
applying one or more integration logic programming (ILP) patterns to the converted first information to generate intermediate results, the one or more ILP patterns representing application integration semantics using a logic programming language, wherein the one or more ILP patterns comprise one or more of a content-based router, a message splitter, a message aggregator, a message filter, or a content filter;
generate a reduced set of the intermediate results as a second information in response to applying the one or more ILP patterns to the first information to generate the intermediate results; and
output the second information in a second format corresponding to the second application.

7. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the logic programming language comprises DATALOG.

8. The medium of claim 6 , comprising instructions to define the one or more ILP patterns by representing application integration semantics using the logic programming language.

9. The medium of claim 6 , wherein applying one or more ILP patterns to the first information comprises applying a composited ILP pattern to allow extended logic programming processing, the composited ILP pattern comprises two or more ILP patterns.

10. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the first format is JAVASCRIPT Object Notation (JSON), and the canonical data model format is DATALOG or PROLOG.

11. A system, comprising:
a memory;
at least one hardware processor interoperably coupled with the memory and configured to:
receive, by operation of a middleware system and using an endpoint of an integration system runtime, first information in a first format corresponding to a first application, wherein the endpoint is one of a plurality of endpoints of the integration system runtime forming a uniform endpoint interface connecting the middleware system to other computational systems, wherein the plurality of endpoints are wired together within the integration system runtime with processing applications that are used to perform software application integration operations, wherein the middleware system enables interoperability between applications including the first application and a second application, and wherein the first application and the second application run on different systems and use different database solutions, computer languages, or data formats;
converting the first information in the first format into a canonical data model format;
applying one or more integration logic programming (ILP) patterns to the converted first information to generate intermediate results, the one or more ILP patterns representing application integration semantics using a logic programming language, wherein the one or more ILP patterns comprise one or more of a content-based router, a message splitter, a message aggregator, a message filter, or a content filter;
generate a reduced set of the intermediate results as a second information in response to applying the one or more ILP patterns to the first information to generate the intermediate results; and
output the second information in the second format corresponding to a second application.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the logic programming language comprises DATALOG.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein applying one or more ILP patterns to the first information comprises applying a composited ILP pattern to allow extended logic programming processing, the composited ILP pattern comprises two or more ILP patterns.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first format is JAVASCRIPT Object Notation (JSON), and the canonical data model format is DATALOG or PROLOG.

Assignees

• Ritter Daniel
• Bross Jan
• Sap Se

Inventors

• Ritter Daniel
• Bross Jan

Classifications

• G06F9/541

  via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications · CPC title

• G06F8/313 Primary

  Logic programming, e.g. PROLOG programming language · CPC title

• G06F16/25

  Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems · CPC title

• G06F8/70

  Software maintenance or management · CPC title

• G06F8/20 Primary

  Software design · CPC title