Patent ID: 8595287
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of attaching mediation metadata in a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message, the computer performing the steps comprising: providing a client side mediation engine, the client side mediation engine generating customized metadata for controlling by the client implementation of a mediation defined for a service performed by a server, wherein said client and said server have different data schemes for said service and said customized metadata in accordance with said mediation provides for transformation between said different data schemes; plugging the client side mediation engine into a client SOAP engine; receiving by the client side mediation engine a request message for the service from the client SOAP engine; attaching the customized metadata to a message header of a SOAP message, said customized metadata enabling customized invocation of said mediation by a server side mediation engine in response to said request for said service, the work of mediation customized for the client being thereby transferred from the client side to the server side; and returning the SOAP message to the client SOAP engine.