Patent ID: 6865697

Claim:
A method in a server for responding to a request from a client, comprising the steps of: receiving a request at the server of a first type according to an interface specification from a client, there being a pre-defined set of error checks performed at said server associated with requests of said first type; responsive to the client accessing the server and the server receiving the request, selectively determining whether to perform a first error check of said pre-defined set of error checks with respect to said request; responsive to said step of selectively determining whether to perform a first error check, if said selectively determining step determines not to perform said first error check, then responding to said request without performing said first error check; and responsive to said step of selectively determining whether to perform a first error check, if said selectively determining step determines to perform said first error check, then performing said first error check, and responding to said request based on results of said first error check.