Patent ID: 6886166
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of parsing, in a message parser of a message processing system, a plurality of messages comprising respective corresponding sets of data fields arranged in a predetermined format, to extract a corresponding data field from each message, said format being defined by format information stored in the system which indicates a name for each data field in a said set, the method comprising: in response to a handle request, indicating the name of a required data field, from a component of the system, accessing the format information to determine the location of the required data field in a said message, and supplying a handle, indicative of said location, to said component; and in response to subsequent parsing requests, each comprising the handle and a said message, from said component, extracting the required data field from the message in each parsing request according to the location indicated by the handle.