Patent ID: 8375362
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a search web services adapter comprising: receiving an indication associated with a web service for which the search web services adapter is to be generated, wherein the indication associated with a web service is received at a content management system, wherein the search web services adapter is to be generated at the content management system and to be deployed at an external search server that is configured to perform searches at the web service on behalf of a user search application at the content management system including by being configured to use the search web services adapter to execute a user search request received at the user search application at the content management system and to submit a response to the user search request to the user search application, wherein the external search server is separate from a server associated with the web service; receiving an indication that an input parameter associated with an operation associated with the web service corresponds to a search query parameter; receiving an indication that an output parameter associated with the operation corresponds to a search result parameter; receiving an indication associated with whether a syntax symbol associated with the operation is available or is not available at the user search application at the content management system; receiving an indication that a mapping of parameters for the operation is complete; and generating automatically, in response to reception of the indication that the mapping of parameters for the operation is complete, adapter code configured to translate a query into a form required by the web service to perform the operation, including by: