Patent ID: 8005901
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a Web services environment for exchanging messages in a distributed system, a method of identifying policies mapped to messages associated with an application, without having to have code within the application for determining what policies may apply to the messages, the method comprising the acts of: receiving a message at a Web service engine associated with an application that is external to the Web service engine, the application configured to exchange messages in a distributed system; based on the contents of the received message, determining at least: accessing a policy mapping file that includes: scanning the policy mapping file for identifying an endpoint section relating to the address of the particular destination endpoint identifier, the scanning being performed by a processing unit of a computing device; after identifying the endpoint section relating to the particular destination endpoint identifier, scanning the identified endpoint section for identifying an operation section hierarchically within the identified endpoint section and which is represented by the particular request action identifier; and after identifying the operation section represented by the particular request action identifier, scanning the identified operation section for an operation element hierarchically within the identified operation section and which relates to the particular request-reply property, such that the identified operation element relates to, and is dependent upon, each of the address of the particular destination endpoint identifier, the particular request action identifier, and the particular request-reply property.