JP2005173900A - Instruction description correction device, program and method, and job execution device, job execution instruction program, and job execution method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the arrival state of data. <P>SOLUTION: Whether or not data after job execution is reachable from a transmitting source thereof to a transmitting destination is determined (106) by determining whether or not the domain name of each job execution device of a set of job execution devices instructed by a written instruction to transmit and receive the data after job execution is different or not. When the domain name is determined to be different, whether or not the transmitting destination is usable of SOAP/SMTP (108) is determined, since the data are interrupted by a fire wall by a communication method (SOAP/HTTP) preliminarily instructed in the written instruction. When the transmitting destination is determined to be usable of SOAP/SMTP, the written instruction is corrected so that the transmitting source transmits the data by the SOAP/SMTP (110). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an instruction description correcting apparatus, an instruction description correcting program, an instruction description correcting method, a job execution apparatus, a job execution instruction program, and a job execution method, and in particular, an instruction description correcting apparatus for correcting an instruction description and an instruction description correction. The present invention relates to a program, an instruction description correction method, a job execution apparatus that executes a job, a job execution instruction program, and a job execution method.

  In the conventional instruction execution system, the flow engine interprets an instruction having information for defining a plurality of jobs for a document, and sends the instruction to each service that executes each job. The contents are interpreted and each job is executed (see Patent Document 1).

In such a conventional instruction execution system, if the data transmission destination service after job execution is an in-house LAN or the like where the job execution apparatus that executed the job is located, the data after job execution is indicated. Even if the data is transmitted to the transmission destination specified in the instruction, the data after the job execution reaches the transmission destination. Each service requires a duplicate program for interpreting the instruction. Therefore, each service requires an environment for executing the program for interpreting the instruction in addition to the environment for executing the processing instructed by the instruction, and the load is heavy (see Patent Document 1).
JP 11-316780 A

  By the way, when data after job execution is transmitted from a job execution apparatus that has executed a job to an internal LAN other than the internal LAN in which the job execution apparatus is arranged, the data is arranged in the other internal LAN. To the job execution apparatus which is the transmission destination via the server. However, this server usually has a so-called firewall, and receives data (HTTP method) from the outside via the firewall. Therefore, external data (HTTP system) is blocked by this firewall.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described facts, and includes an instruction description correcting device, an instruction description correcting program, an instruction description correcting method, a job execution device, a job execution instruction program, and a job execution method for improving data arrival status. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, an instruction description correcting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a plurality of jobs based on an instruction description instructing a plurality of jobs and a plurality of job execution means for executing the jobs in advance. It is determined whether the data can reach the second job execution means for receiving the data from the first job execution means for transmitting the data in the execution means by the first communication method. When it is determined by the determination means and the determination means that the data does not reach the second job execution means in the first communication method, the first communication method is different from the first communication method. Correction means for correcting the contents of the instruction description so as to transmit the data by the communication method of No. 2.

  That is, the determining means is configured to execute a first job execution for transmitting data in the plurality of job execution means based on an instruction description in advance instructing a plurality of jobs and a plurality of job execution means for executing each job. It is determined whether or not the data can reach the second job execution means for receiving the data from the means by the first communication method.

  Here, the job execution means may be a job execution device that executes a job, or a job execution program for the job execution device to execute a job.

  When the determination means determines that the data does not reach the second job execution means in the first communication method, the correction means is different from the first communication method. The content of the instruction description is modified so that the data is transmitted by the communication method of 2.

  That is, for example, the location where the first job execution means is present may be different from the location where the second job execution means is present. That is, there is a case where the path through which data passes from the first job execution means to the second job execution means is the Internet. In this case, there is generally a server that receives data from the outside via a firewall at a place where the second job execution unit exists. Therefore, when data is transmitted from the first job execution means by the SOAP / HTTP communication method, the data is blocked by the firewall. That is, the data does not reach the second job execution unit.

  If it is determined in this way, the correction means transmits the data by the first communication method, for example, a second communication method that is different from SOAP / HTTP in the above example, for example, SOAP / SMTP. Thus, the contents of the instruction description are corrected. When the data is transmitted by SOAP / SMTP, since the data is not blocked by the firewall, the data reaches the job execution unit 2.

  As described above, when it is determined that data does not reach the first job execution unit from the first job execution unit by the first communication method, the second communication method is used instead of the first communication method. Since the contents of the instruction description are modified so that the data is transmitted in the above manner, the data arrival probability is improved.

  By the way, as in the above example, even if the communication method is changed from SOAP / HTTP to SOAP / SMTP, the data does not reach the transmission destination unless the data transmission destination has the function of receiving data by SOAP / SMTP.

  Therefore, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the second job execution unit includes a receivability determining unit that determines whether the second communication method can receive data, and the receivability determining unit. Third job execution means capable of receiving data by the second communication method when it is determined that the second job execution means cannot receive the data by the second communication method. Search means for searching for, and the correction means corrects the contents of the instruction description so that the search means transmits the data to the third job execution means by the second communication method. I am doing so.

  As described above, when it is determined that the second job execution unit cannot receive data by the second communication method, the third job execution unit can receive data by the second communication method. And the contents of the instruction description are modified so that the data is transmitted to the searched third job execution means by the second communication method, so that the data arrival probability is further improved.

  Since the instruction description correcting program according to the invention of claim 3 and the instruction description correcting method according to the invention of claim 4 also have the same operations and effects as described above, the description thereof is omitted.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a job execution apparatus comprising: an input means for inputting an instruction description for instructing a destination job execution means for transmitting data after completion of the job; and the instruction description input by the input means. Based on the above, the determination unit determines whether the data after completion of the job can be reached by the first communication method to the destination job execution unit, and the determination unit determines whether the first communication method A transmission unit configured to transmit the data by a second communication method determined in advance different from the first communication method when it is determined that the data does not reach the job execution unit of the transmission destination; I have.

  The job execution apparatus according to the present invention executes a job based on the instruction description input by the input unit, but the determination unit executes the job execution of the transmission destination based on the instruction description input by the input unit. Determining whether or not the data after the completion of the job can be reached by the first communication method, and the transmission means performs the job execution of the transmission destination in the first communication method by the determination unit. If it is determined that the data does not reach the means, the data is transmitted by a predetermined second communication method different from the first communication method.

  Note that, similarly to the above, there may be a case where the transmission destination job execution means cannot receive data by the second communication method. Therefore, the transmission destination job execution means includes the transmission destination job execution means. Receivability determination means for determining whether data can be received by the second communication method, and the destination job execution means receives data by the second communication method by the reception possibility determination means. A search unit that searches for an alternative job execution unit that can receive data by the second communication method when it is determined that the transmission unit cannot perform the transmission, and the transmission unit includes: The data is transmitted to the alternative job execution means by a second communication method.

  The job execution apparatus according to the present invention described above changes to the first communication method when it is determined that data does not reach the first job execution unit from the first job execution unit to the second job execution unit. Instead, since the data is transmitted by the second communication method, the data arrival probability is improved.

  Note that the job execution instruction program according to the seventh aspect of the invention and the job execution method according to the eighth aspect of the invention have the same operations and effects as described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when it is determined that data does not reach the first job execution unit from the first job execution unit to the second job execution unit, the first communication method is performed. Instead, the content of the instruction description is modified so that the data is transmitted by the second communication method, so that the data arrival probability is improved. There is an effect.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the job execution system includes a plurality of in-house LANs 52 and 54 connected to the Internet 18. The in-house LAN 52 is configured by connecting a client 12A1, job execution apparatuses 14A1, 14B1, and a server 16 to each other via an intranet connection line 10A1. Similarly, the in-house LAN 54 is configured by connecting the client 12A2, the job execution apparatuses 14A2 and 14B2, and the server 16 to each other via an intranet connection line 10A2.

  Each of the servers 16 in the plurality of in-house LANs 52 and 54 has a so-called fire wall (FW) which is a program for blocking data transmitted by the HTTP method, and receives data through the fire wall.

  The client 12 (12A1, 12A2) corresponds to the instruction correction device of the present invention, and the job execution device 14 (14A1, 14A2, 14B1, 14B2) corresponds to the job execution device of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the client 12A connects the CPU 22, the ROM 24, the RAM 26, the input device 28, the storage device 30, the display device 32, and the interface 84 connected to the intranet connection line 10A to each other via a bus. Configured.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the job execution apparatus is configured by connecting a CPU 34, a ROM 36, a RAM 38, and an interface 40 connected to the intranet connection line 10A to each other via a bus.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 4 shows a flowchart showing an instruction description correction program for executing the instruction description correction method. A plurality of instructions (instruction description (consisting of data)) stored in advance in the client 12 are displayed on the display device 32, and when one instruction is selected by the input device 38, for example, a mouse, When the instruction sheet is created, the instruction description correction program starts.

  Here, in the instruction sheet, a plurality of jobs, a plurality of job execution apparatuses that execute each job, a data communication method between the job execution apparatuses, and the like are instructed in advance.

  In step 102, a variable i for identifying a set of job execution apparatuses which are instructed in the instruction sheet and transmit / receive data after job execution is initialized to 0. In step 104, the variable i is incremented by 1 and step 106 (determination) is performed. Whether or not the data can reach the destination from the data transmission source after the job execution by determining whether or not the domain name indicating the address of each job execution device of the set i of job execution devices is different. to decide.

  If it is determined in step 106 that the domain name indicating the address of each job execution device of the set i of job execution devices is different, for example, foo.co.jp and bar.com, In the communication method (SOAP / HTTP) instructed in advance, since the data is blocked by the firewall, whether the transmission destination of the set i of the job execution apparatus can use SOAP / SMTP in step 108 (reception possibility determination means) Judge whether or not.

  If it is determined in step 108 that the transmission destination can use SOAP / SMTP, in step 110 (correction means), the transmission source of the set i of the job execution apparatus transmits data using SOAP / SMTP. Correct the instructions as follows.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the destination of the job execution device set i cannot use SOAP / SMTP, in step 114, an alternative job execution device that can use SOAP / SMTP is searched. In step 116, it is determined whether or not an alternative job execution device that can use SOAP / SMTP has been searched. If it is determined that the search has been made, an alternative job execution device is set i in step 118 (correction means). The instruction sheet is corrected as the transmission destination, and the process proceeds to step 112.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 116 that an alternative job execution apparatus capable of using SOAP / SMTP could not be searched, the operator is notified by displaying a predetermined message on the display device 32 in step 120. To do.

  In step 112, it is determined whether or not the variable i is equal to the total number I of a set of job execution apparatuses that are instructed by the instruction sheet and transmit / receive data after job execution. If the variable i is not equal to the total number I, the process returns to step 104 and the above processing (step 104 to step 112) is executed. If it is determined in step 112 that the variable i is equal to the total number I, this processing is terminated.

  As described above, when it is determined that data does not reach between job execution apparatuses that transmit and receive data after job execution using the first communication method (SOAP / HTTP), the first communication method is used instead. Then, the content of the instruction is modified so that data is transmitted instead of the second communication method (SOAP / SMTP).

  Thereafter, the instruction sheet corrected as described above is transmitted from the client 12 to a plurality of job execution apparatuses instructed by the instruction sheet.

  Between job execution apparatuses having different domain names, the contents of the instruction sheet are modified so that data is transmitted by the second communication method (SOAP / SMTP). Data after job execution is transmitted by the second communication method (SOAP / SMTP) according to the instruction.

  Therefore, data arrives even between job execution apparatuses with different domain names even if there is a firewall or the like from the transmission source to the transmission destination.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The configuration of the present embodiment is the same as that of the present embodiment described above, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted and the operation of the present embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment described above, when it is determined that the data (HTTP) cannot be reached, the instruction form is modified so as to change the communication method. Change the communication method and send data. Details will be described below.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a job execution instruction program for executing the job execution method.

  After executing the job based on the instruction sheet, the job execution apparatus transmits the post-job execution data and the instruction sheet data to the next job execution apparatus specified by the instruction sheet, which is a transmission destination. When the instruction sheet and the data after job execution are received from the job execution apparatus in this way, the job is executed based on the instruction sheet. When the job is executed in this manner and the job execution is completed, the job execution program starts. At step 202, the domain name of the transmission destination that is instructed by the instruction sheet and transmits the data after the job execution is fetched. (Judgment means) determines whether or not the destination domain name is different from its own domain name. If it is determined that the domain name is different, in step 206 (reception possibility judgment means), the transmission destination Determines whether or not it can use SOAP / SMTP. If it is determined that the destination job execution device can use SOAP / SMTP, in step 208, both the post-job execution data and the instruction form data are the destination job specified in the instruction form. It is transmitted to the execution device by SOAP / SMTP.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 206 that the destination job execution apparatus cannot receive data by SOAP / SMTP, in step 212, an alternative job execution apparatus that can use SOAP / SMTP is searched. To do.

  In step 214, it is determined whether or not the alternative job execution device has been searched. If it is determined that the alternative job execution device has been searched, in step 216 the data after the job execution and the data after the job execution are stored in the alternative job execution device. Send the instruction data.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 214 that the alternative job execution device could not be searched, in step 218, the client that selected or created the instruction sheet is notified that the alternative job execution device could not be searched.

  Note that if it is not determined in step 204 that the domain name of the self is different from the domain name of the transmission destination of the data, that is, if it is determined that the domain names are equal, the job execution for transmitting and receiving data is executed. Since it can be determined that the apparatus is located in the same in-house LAN, in step 210, data after job execution and instruction data are transmitted by SOAP / HTTP.

  As described above, when it is determined that data does not reach between job execution apparatuses that transmit and receive data after job execution using the first communication method (SOAP / HTTP), the first communication method is used instead. Since the data is transmitted instead of the second communication method (SOAP / SMTP), the data arrives even when there is a firewall or the like from the transmission source to the transmission destination even between job execution apparatuses having different domain names.

It is a block diagram of a job execution system. It is a block diagram of a client. It is a block diagram of a job execution device. It is the flowchart which showed the instruction description correction program. It is the flowchart which showed the job execution command program.

Explanation of symbols

12A1, 12A2 Client 14A1, 14A2, 14B1, 14B2 Job execution device

Claims (8)

Receiving the data from the first job execution means for transmitting the data of the plurality of job execution means based on an instruction description instructing a plurality of jobs and a plurality of job execution means for executing each job in advance; Determining means for determining whether or not the data can be reached by the first communication method;
When the determination means determines that the data does not reach the second job execution means in the first communication method, a predetermined second communication method different from the first communication method Correction means for correcting the contents of the instruction description so as to transmit the data at
An instruction description correcting device comprising: Receivability determining means for determining whether the second job execution means can receive data by the second communication method;
When the second job execution unit determines that the second job execution unit cannot receive the data using the second communication method, the data can be received using the second communication method. Search means for searching for third job execution means;
Further comprising
The correction means corrects the content of the instruction description so that the search means transmits the data to the third job execution means by the second communication method.
The instruction description correcting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: An instruction description correction program for causing a computer to execute a process of correcting the contents of an instruction description instructing in advance a plurality of jobs and a plurality of job execution means for executing each job,
Based on the instruction description, the data reaches the second job execution unit that receives the data from the first job execution unit that transmits the data of the plurality of job execution units by the first communication method. A determination step for determining whether it is possible;
If it is determined by the determination step that the data does not reach the second job execution unit in the first communication method, a second predetermined communication method different from the first communication method is determined. A correction step of correcting the content of the instruction description so as to transmit the data at
An instruction description correction program. An instruction description correcting method for correcting the contents of an instruction description for instructing a plurality of jobs and a plurality of job execution means for executing each job in advance,
Based on the instruction description, the data reaches the second job execution unit that receives the data from the first job execution unit that transmits the data of the plurality of job execution units by the first communication method. A determination step for determining whether it is possible;
When the determination step determines that the data does not reach the second job execution unit in the first communication method, a predetermined second communication method different from the first communication method. A correction step of correcting the content of the instruction description so as to transmit the data at
An instruction description correction method comprising: An input means for inputting an instruction description for instructing a destination job execution means for transmitting data after completion of the job;
Determining means for determining whether or not the data after completion of the job can be reached by the first communication method based on the instruction description input by the input means;
If the determination means determines that the data does not reach the destination job execution means in the first communication method, a predetermined second communication different from the first communication method is used. Transmitting means for transmitting the data in a method;
A job execution apparatus provided with Receivability determining means for determining whether the job execution means of the transmission destination can receive data by the second communication method;
If it is determined by the receivability determining means that the destination job execution means cannot receive the data by the second communication method, the data can be received by the second communication method. Search means for searching for alternative job execution means;
Further comprising
The transmission means transmits the data by the second communication method to the alternative job execution means by the search means.
The job execution apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: A job execution instruction program for causing a computer to execute a job,
An input step for inputting an instruction description in advance instructing a job execution means of a transmission destination for transmitting data after completion of the job;
A determination step of determining whether the data after completion of the job can be reached by the first communication method based on the instruction description input in the input step;
If it is determined by the determination step that the data does not reach the destination job execution means in the first communication method, a predetermined second communication different from the first communication method is determined. Transmitting the data in a method;
A job execution instruction program. An input step for inputting an instruction description in advance instructing a job execution means of a transmission destination for transmitting data after completion of the job;
A determination step of determining whether the data after completion of the job can be reached by the first communication method based on the instruction description input in the input step;
If it is determined by the determination step that the data does not reach the destination job execution means in the first communication method, a predetermined second communication different from the first communication method is determined. Transmitting the data in a method;
Job execution method with

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