200912749 九、發明說明： 【發明所屬之技術領域】 人網路入口之領域，且詳言之，係關於用於 二=式應用程式(CA)之自動組態之方法及系統 為、參數被定義於複合式應用程式範本内。此等參數^ 【先前技術】 複合式應㈣式之執行時期行以義於職範圍之變率 内，且母一參數定義各別自己之變率點。200912749 IX. Description of the invention: [Technical field of invention] The field of human network entry, and in detail, the method and system for automatic configuration of a two-type application (CA), parameters are defined In the composite application template. These parameters ^ [Prior Art] The compound period (4) is executed within the variability of the scope of the job, and the parent-parameter defines each of its own variability points.
在此領域中，術語，，複合式應用程式”定義在網頁入口平 台上被代管之應隸式，其係藉由針對諸如購物或虛擬團 隊室應用程式之特定目的來組合且連接諸如portle卜 wiki、文件庫及網頁服務之多個組件而建置。單個入口平 台可代管相同複合式應用程式之多個執行個體，例如，用 於不同相關聯之使用者團體之不同團隊室。自描述所含有 之組件及其設置及互連之範本建置複合式應用程式。 圖1A展示在整體入口系統10内建造先前技術應用程式基 礎結構11(本文亦簡稱為AI)系統架構之組件之概述。應用 程式基礎結構包含： -範本應用程式基礎結構13 (本文亦簡稱為TAI)，其處 理系統中之範本及新複合式應用程式之建立， 複合式應用程式基礎結構15(本文亦簡稱為CAI)，其 在執行時期期間處理應用程式執行個體19且管理應 用程式之組件之間的連接及資料流， - 組件登錄27，其管理系統中安裝之業務組件，及 133612.doc 200912749 _入口處置器（Portal handler)29，其為管理用於入口中 之應用程式基礎結構之任何入口相關之工件 (artifaCt)8(如頁面或portlet)之特定區域組件，且其由 執行個體化組件17使帛以在新複合式應用程式之建 立期間建立此種工件。 範本應用程式基礎結構（T A ；!)組件丨3管理系統中之範本 23,該範本23含有對本端組件清單27中的可執行個體^且 件之參考。作為一實例，用於購物應用程式之範本可由對 用以保持現有貨物及其描述之文件庫組件之參考、讓客戶 進行實際購物交易之購物portlet、處理支付過程之發 務組件及允許客戶就其滿意度進行評論之二 組件組成。 ％以 =組件13亦㈣執行個體化組㈣自範本建立應用程 f該執行個體化組件17通常藉由建立或複製所 ，考業之個別組態而建立此等組件之單獨執行個 a以使付多個應用程式執行個體 下自相同範本建立。 小彼此干擾之情形 ::上述樣本範本而言，纟中，執行個體化17將在文件 建立個難存隔室、關於銀行賬戶之發票 ==購物—個別組態，該購物_經設置 = 之文件庫之f物且將支付處理委乾給所 立允示 行個體。詳言之，執行個體化17需要建 允許與所建立之複合式應 ..^ τ八立動之必要入口工杜 (如頁面）’其通常藉由使用 做寺入口工件8且將其與應 133612.doc 200912749 用程式之業務組件鏈接之特定處置器“而實現。 所建立之複合式應用程式執行個體19保持列出組成複合 式應用程式的組件執行個體之内容脈絡25。 圖1B展示入口架構1〇中所涉及之儲存組件之概述，入口 架構10包含在部署組件14中之部署相關之程式碼及在執行 所β署之組件所在的一或多個執行時期容器12中之執 期每境。 對於複合式應用程式内容脈絡而言所部署之工件為： -儲存於組件登錄18中之應用程式組件， '儲存於範本目錄20中之範本。 此資料隨後由應用程式之執行個體特定資料16參考。 現參考本發明之焦點，先前技術複合式應用程式為先前 技術服務導向式架構之關鍵概念。其允許終端使用者藉由 簡單地定義諸如組態資料及應用程式結構之一些元資訊而 由一組給定組件裝配業務邏輯，而不需要程式化。 先前技術複合式應用程式（例如）由先前技術ibm WebSphere入口及其他已知產品支援。 圖2說明先前技術之基於參數之複合式應用程式組態。 >考02複合式應用程式在WebSphere入口中由稱作應 用程式基礎結構⑽n之延伸來支援。其提供基於預先定 義之範本建立入口應用程式執行個體之方<。範本定義業 務組件、為所包括組件指定允許之應用程式角色及通常在 建立應用程式執行個體（圖1)期間被指定之參數54。參數之 使用允許組態所建立之應用程式之外觀及行為。因此，— 133612.doc 200912749 個範本可用以建立一個應用程式類型之多個風格。 在先前技術中，設定應用程式參數值之唯一方式為藉由 提μ在應用程式範本内對其進行定義或者由應用程式建立 者在執行個體化處對其進行解析。 此方法具有若干限制： 第一，不存在在範本外預先定義參數值且再用來自自不 同應用程式範本建立之應用程式的此f訊之構件。In this field, the term "composite application" is defined as the administrator of a web portal, which is combined and connected by a specific purpose such as a shopping or virtual team room application such as portle Built by multiple components of wikis, file repositories, and web services. A single portal can host multiple execution entities of the same composite application, for example, for different team rooms of different associated user groups. A composite application is built of the components and their settings and interconnections. Figure 1A shows an overview of the components of the prior art application infrastructure 11 (also referred to herein as AI) system architecture built into the overall portal system 10. The application infrastructure consists of: - Template Application Infrastructure 13 (herein also referred to as TAI), the model in the processing system and the creation of a new composite application, the composite application infrastructure 15 (also referred to as CAI for short). , which processes the application execution entity 19 during the execution period and manages the connection and data flow between the components of the application, - A login 27, a business component installed in its management system, and a 133612.doc 200912749 _ Portal handler 29, which is responsible for managing any entry-related artifacts (artifaCt) 8 for the application infrastructure in the portal. A specific area component (such as a page or portlet) that is executed by the execution individualization component 17 to create such artifacts during the creation of a new composite application. Template Application Infrastructure (TA;!) Component 丨 3 Management A template 23 in the system, the template 23 contains a reference to the executable individual in the local component list 27. As an example, the template for the shopping application can be used to maintain the existing goods and their descriptions. The component reference, the shopping portlet that allows the customer to conduct the actual shopping transaction, the shipping component that processes the payment process, and the two components that allow the customer to comment on their satisfaction. %==Component 13 also (4) Perform individualized group (4) Create from the template The application f individualizing component 17 typically establishes a separate execution of such components by establishing or copying the individual configurations of the exam. In order to make multiple applications execute the individual from the same template. Small interference with each other: For the above sample template, in the middle, the implementation of individualization 17 will create a difficult compartment in the file, the invoice for the bank account ==Shopping - individual configuration, the shopping _ is set = the file library of the object and the payment processing is delegated to the individual who is allowed to show the line. In detail, the implementation of the individualization 17 needs to be built and allowed to be combined The formula should be ..^ τ 八 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立 立achieve. The established composite application execution entity 19 maintains a contextual context 25 listing the components of the component that make up the composite application. 1B shows an overview of the storage components involved in the portal architecture 1 . The portal architecture 10 includes deployment-related code in the deployment component 14 and one or more execution time containers 12 in which the components of the beta implementation are located. Each period of the period. The artifacts deployed for the composite application context are: - Application components stored in component login 18, 'Models stored in template directory 20. This material is then referenced by the application's execution of individual specific data 16. Referring now to the focus of the present invention, prior art composite applications are key concepts of prior art service oriented architectures. It allows end users to assemble business logic from a given set of components by simply defining some meta-information such as configuration data and application structure without the need for stylization. Prior art composite applications, for example, are supported by prior art ibm WebSphere portals and other known products. Figure 2 illustrates a prior art parameter-based composite application configuration. > The Test 02 composite application is supported in the WebSphere portal by an extension called the application infrastructure (10)n. It provides a way to build an entry application execution entity based on a predefined template. The template defines the business component, specifies the allowed application roles for the included components, and the parameters 54 that are typically specified during the creation of the application execution entity (Figure 1). The use of parameters allows you to configure the appearance and behavior of the established application. Therefore, — 133612.doc 200912749 templates can be used to create multiple styles of an application type. In the prior art, the only way to set the value of an application parameter is to define it in the application template by the μ or to parse it by the application creator at the execution of the individualization. This method has several limitations: First, there are no pre-defined parameter values outside the template and reuse of components from this application built from different application templates.
第二’不存在用於在個別參數值上應用存取控制（例 ，由公司安全策略所要求）之構件。 弟二’不存在自動地調節常常由應用程式執行個體 求之關於基礎結構環境細節 1、丨u q服名稱、郵件群組 庫用程切朴識之構件’導致應用程式建立者必須在 應用.式建立期間指定此等值。應該實際地建立此等廣： 紅式執订個體之個別使用者通 ^ 境參數之知識。 α而要之關於彼等環 个仔在對 ，頁地將環境中之改變傳播至受旦彡變 應用程式執行個體（例如舰It名稱之改變."）之^。曰之 :::: 竟係關於用於前述團隊室複合式應 :::=位址預期之改變。顧客安裝提供.隊室 月匕往之複合式應用程式，1 个主刀 共用文件之特徵。瘅用 μ釭式使用者團體内 w用耘式經设計以將到代 :件飼服器之鏈接處理為組態 ：之 時間變化許多應用程式實體自由園隊m)。隨著 成之對應團隊室範本被執行個體化。。式應用程式構 現在，參考作為本發明之基礎之實際技術問題，假 133612.doc 200912749 在現今之複合式應用程 程式之管理人皆需要手 先前技術甲必要之個別 件伺服器需要被移動至不同位置。 式環境中，冑別團$室複合式應用 動地更新對新文件伺服器之參考。 步驟描繪於圖3中，且如下： 1 ·寫 件 一些關於如何改變對新 文件伺服器之參考之文 2. 針對受影響之團隊室庫 理人 至應用％式執行個體確定 之清單， 3. 將含有步驟1中建立之文件 理人 干 <。己錄發运至所有彼等管 4.個別管理人隨後必須讀取且理解文件且執 描 述之步驟， 5·個別管理人手動地執行必要組態步驟， 服務台（help 6.在錯誤之情況下個別管理人將聯繫 desk) » 題之 7.服務台需要被告知此任務且需 竹且而要旎夠向遇到問 彼等管理人給出指導。 不利地，遵循步驟之 之整體努力且另外亦為:= = = :之相當大 需要額外之服務台支援 此將常常 本發明之目標為提供避免如上 上文榀述之缺點的入口 式應用程式之自動組態之方法及系統。 & σ 【發明内容】 本發明之此目標係藉由所附獨立申 '專利圍中所陳述 133612.doc •11 - 200912749 之特徵而達成。本發明之進一步有利配置及實施例陳述於 各別子申請專利範圍中。現應參考附加申請專利範圍。 七簡言之，參數值之動態解析將提供應用程式參數的更加 靈活之使用且將不再限定應用程式建立者知道在初始化時 間_之所有值。此發明性方法藉此允許關於應用程式 之管理，基礎結構管理及存取控制組態 較佳地，基於針對中心組態策略組件評估之業二 疋參數之動態值。可以雙向方式建立規則以將個別應用程 式參數映射至個別策略值，且將特定策略值之改變映射回 至對應應用程式參數值中。 根據本發明之最廣泛態樣且參考隨附 ;，揭示一種用於組態由入口複合式應用程式基礎結： (⑶）構成的人口複合式應用程式_之方法及各別系 統^其中於複合式應用程式範本内管理組態參數，該範本 ㈣複合式應用程式之執行個體之執行時期行為定義於預 定範圍之變率内，且其中每一 母參數疋義各別自己之變率 點，其中 卞 方法特徵在於以下步驟： 1)針對變率點（卿)之每—者館存參數值之—集合， 母一變率點較佳被映射至僅磁％ 一装、 对至僅W策略”之策略資料結構， b)又義且/或使用預先定羞沾上& ,...^ 義的功此性組件（較佳為應用 朿略組件），其具有固有邏輯，與複合式應用 ^ 且能夠對謂值之集合進行讀取存取， ， c)在複合式應用程式之热> γ 飞之執仃個體化時間之後或在複合式 133612.doc •12· 200912749 應用程式之執行個體 組件之控制參數來調 值， 化時間之時，較佳運用傳遞至功能性 用功月b性組件，從而產生組態參數 d) 將、，且態參數值包括於用於複合式應用程式之控制中， e) 以所包括之組態參數自動組態複合式應用程式。 此方法因此處理複合式應用程式之自動組態。 存在兩個較佳方法來定義在應用程式參數與策略值之間 的基於規則之映射： 第一 ’ ”參數至策略”映射：藉由此種映射，將針對給定 應用程式參數之最佳匹配值查詢稱為"規則引擎”之發明性 =輯組件。將由定義參數之與複合式應用程式相關聯的元 資料（meta_data)(例如，應用程式名稱、應隸式類別、應 用程式管理人）及參數名稱及類型來參數化查詢。規則引 擎將基於田雨規則基礎判定最佳匹配策略且自該策略擷取 對應值。 第二，”策略至參數"映射：藉由此種映射，每當特定策 略值經修改時，策略基礎結構將觸發對現有之應用程式參 數之更新。藉由針對匹配應用程式參數查詢規則引擎來判 定歸因於特定策略值之改變而應被更新的參數集。將由含 有策略值之與策略相關聯之元資料（例如，策略名稱、策 略類別）及策略值名稱參數化查詢。 較佳地，參數之任何改變將被自動轉發至不同複合式應 用程式，由策略組件控制，且之後由規則引擎處理。 【實施方式】 133612.doc -13- 200912749 本發明借助實例而說明且不受圖式之圖之形狀限制 综合參考諸圖且現特別參考圖4(其說明展制 巧於管理用 於複合式應用程式之P〇V資訊的本發明性 <孕父佳實施 例中之基本步驟的控制流程），熟習此項技術者瞭解，執 行單個步驟，其中用於例示性複合式應用程式，，團隊室"之 策略被改變以使得新伺服器位址被儲 =之 、付疋朿略（亦 即，願意描述關於文件伺服器之所有資訊之策略）中。 使用實例來闡明此發明性方法：假定，網路管理者有義 務控制為實施為複合式應用程式之討論論壇之部分的共用 郵箱之郵件配額（Mail qU0ta)。郵件配額對於由管理人管理 之應用程式而言應為1〇〇 MB且對於由非管理人管理之應 ，用程式而言應為50廳。若應用程式之類別為"問題追： ”’則郵件配額應為200 MB，而與誰在管理應用 關。 為達成該點，管理者將設置三個策略： 1) 管理人郵件策略， 2) 非管理人策略，及 3) 問題追蹤郵件策略 保持各別郵件配額值。另外管理者將設置各別規則，例 如： 規則1: ”若應用程式之管理人為管理人==真，則使用 管理人郵件策略 規則2: ”若應用程式之管理人為管理人==假，則使 用非管理人郵件策略” 133612.doc • 14· 200912749 、貝！ 3 ·右應用程式之類別==”問題追縱"，則使用問 崎追蹤郵件策略'， •規則4: ”規則3優先於規則2„ -規則5 :"規則3優先於規則Γ 、、’°果，並非單個討論論壇複合式應用程式，而是所有新 。才响响壇自討論論壇範本被執行個體化，自動地得到準確 之被指派郵件配額值。若郵件配額要求隨時間變化而改 變，例如由執行程式執行之應用程式應具有400 MB的郵 件配額’則僅添加額外規則以針對在將來被執行個體化之 應用程式達成該配額係可能的。 為達成現有之複合式應用程式之動態調整，需要引入各 別"策略至參數映射"。實例如下： 規則6 右管理人郵件策略被改變，則更新應用程 式之管理人為管理人==真之所有應用程式"， 規則7 .右非官理人郵件策略被改變，則更新應用 程式之官理人為管理人假之所有應用程式"， -規則8:"若問題追蹤郵件策略被改變，則更新應用 程式之類別問題追蹤"之所有應用程式，，， -規則9 :"規則7優先於規則5,,, -規則10 :"規則優先於規則6„。 在此If形下’改變官理人郵件策略來定義郵件配額為 300 MB ’將導致由官理人執行之所有討論論壇（除"問題追 蹤”類別之彼等應用程式外)將自動被更新。在此情境中， 至及自策略之㈣恰料對稱的，但應注意，此並非為先 133612.doc 200912749 決條件。 值得注意’可無需以任何方式修改現有之應用程式範本 而有利地建立此等規則，其允許即使對於由第三方提供之 範本也使用此方法。 圖5說明根據本發明之較佳實施例在策略管理，所涉及 的最基礎之結構組件。 此方法之實施例可藉由鬆散地耦接三個現有之基礎結構 組件而實現： 複合式應用程式基礎結構n代㈣今技術㈣之入口複 合式應用程式基礎結構’其管理個別應用程歧義及範本 資料。 策略基礎結構3 1保持較佳地配置於策略表單之階層中之 公司組態資料。此外，策略基礎結構31負責產生關於策略 值更新之事件，其可由策略用戶端組件藉由實施”發布-預 訂”程式化樣式來消費。每一策略定義一或多個複合式應 用程式參數54。在圖5中’其表示為參考54A之—些為根據 此發明性實施例之經自動組態之複合式㈣程式參數。 規則引擎5 2負責且因此實施用於將由策略基礎結構管理 之個別資料集映射至經受在入口複合式應用程式基礎結構 中執行之個別複合式應用程式之個別變率點之邏輯。 用於規則資料及策略資料之例示性資料集在圖5之底部 部分中給出： 參考郵件配額實例，將存在儲存於規則資料資料庫中之 將個別策略資料集映射至個別複合式應用程式（亦 1 ' 田 133612.doc 200912749 彼等應用程式經受之變率點）之五個規則。 實際組態資料被儲存於由策略組件管理之策略資料資料 庫中。 根據圖5之底部部分中之郵件配額實例，存在針對"管理 • 人&理之團隊室"、"非管理人管理之團隊室"及"問題追蹤 目隊室”定義之至少三個策略。每一策略定義複合式應用 程式參數"郵件配額·，、"郵件伺服器"及"預設用戶端"。注 p 思，較佳藉由解析個別策略（亦即，郵件根策略及個別其 他郵件策略）之間之階層關係定義實際有效值集。 圖6為說明第一實施例變體中根據本發明之較佳實施例 使用之組件11、23、31及52的配合動作之互動圖，其中參 數定義被儲存於應用程式範本23中。 在此情形下，儲存於應用程式範本23中之參數定義指示 用於此參數定義之參數值應使用外部規則引擎52進行指 派。複合式應用程式基礎結構u將使用規則引擎來基於給 1/ 冑之應用程式内容脈絡資訊擷取最佳匹配策略執行個體。 樣本實施例實施以下步驟，其亦列舉於圖式_ ·· 步驟610 :在應用程式執行個體化期間由應用程式基礎結 構讀取應用程式範本。 步驟620 :識別參數定義郵件配額（例示性p〇v)。 步驟630:參數值被識別為基於規則的，其意謂此參數之 實際值將不自執行個體化應用程式之使用者進行查詢，但 需要使用規則引擎進行擷取。 步驟640 :應用程式基礎結構η發出對最佳E配策略之查 133612.doc •17- 200912749 詢。查詢傳播以下之内容脈絡資訊：使用者〗D、範本類別 ID、範本id及參數名稱。 步驟650 :規則引擎52根據與查詢相關聯之内容脈絡資訊 及儲存於規則資料庫中之規則基礎而傳回導致最佳匹配之 策略之值集。 步驟660 :應用程式基礎結構11自由規則引擎傳回之策略 值集擷取實際值且將此值指派至郵件配額參數。 圖7為說明在情形1中根據本發明之較佳實施例使用之組 件的配合動作之互動圖，其中個別策略經由規則引擎被映 射至個別應用程式參數。 如情形1中所描述，此可與個別參數被映射策略並行地 使用，或除了該映射之外而使用。若使用了兩個方向，則 可建立在應用程式參數與策略值之間的雙向映射。雙向映 射中之流程如下進行執行： 步驟7 1 0 :在應用程式執行個體化期間藉由應用程式基礎 Q 結構讀取應用程式範本。用於郵件配額參數之參數定義識 別此參數以使用規則引擎進行解析。 步驟720 :應用程式基礎結構發出對最佳匹配策略之查 , 詢。查詢傳播以下之内容脈絡資訊：使用者ID、範本類別 ID、範本ID及參數名稱（郵件配額）。 步驟730 :規則引擎根據與查詢相關聯之内容脈絡資訊及 儲存於規則資料庫中之規則基礎自該策略擷取導致最佳匹 配之策略值。 步驟740 :應、用程式基礎結構將&值指派至應用程式之郵 133612.doc .〇 200912749 件配額參數。 步驟750 :在一段時間之後管理者想要改變郵件配額（例 如，在管理人郵件配額策略中）。 步驟760 :由策略基礎結構通知應用程式基礎結構關於此 策略中之改變。為捕獲由策略基礎結構產生之事件，複合 式應用程式基礎結構將實施由策略組件經受之策略值改變 事件收聽者介面且將其自身註冊為該等事件之收聽者。策 略組件又經由策略值改變介面通知所有註冊之收聽者對任 何策略值之所有更新。 步驟770 :應用程式基礎結構呼叫規則引擎來判定映射匹 配定義。查詢傳播以下内容脈絡資訊： 策略類別ID， 策略ID，及 參數名稱（例如’郵件策略、f理人郵件策略、郵件配 額）。該查詢之結果為需要以新值進行更新的在可能之眾 多複合式應用程式執行個體中含有之參數集。 步驟780 :規則引擎傳回此待更新之參數定義集。 v驟790 .應用程式基礎結構更新由規則引擎傳回之所 參數定義之值。 本發月可採用疋全硬體實施例、完全軟體實施例或含有 硬體及軟體元件兩者之實施例的形式。在較佳實施例中， 本發明以軟體實施’軟體包括(但不限於)韌體、常駐軟 體、微碼等等。 此外，本發明可採用可自一電腦可用媒體或電腦可讀媒 133612.doc -19· 200912749 體進行存取的電腦程式產品之形式，電腦可用M或電腦 可讀媒體提供由電腦或任何指令執行系統使用或結合電腦 或任何指令執行系統使用之程式碼。為此描述之目的，電 腦可用或電腦可讀媒體可為可含有、儲存、傳遞、傳播或 傳送由指令執行系統、裝置或器件使用或結合指令執行系 統、裝置或器件使用之程式的任何裝置。 媒體可為電子、磁性、光學、電磁、紅外或半導體系統 (或裝置或器件）或傳播媒體。電腦可讀媒體之實例包括半 導體或固態記憶體、磁帶、抽取式電腦磁片、隨機存取記 憶體（RAM)、唯讀記憶體（R〇M)、剛性磁碟及光碟。光碟 之當前實例包括緊密光碟_唯讀記憶體（cd_r〇m)、緊密光 碟-讀取/寫入（CD-R/W)及DVD。 適於儲存且/或執行程式碼之資料處㈣統將包括直接 或經由系統匯流排間接耗接至記憶體元件之至少一處理 C hi·.· ^=憶體元件可包括在㈣碼之實際執行期間使用之區 憶體、大塊儲存器及快取記憶體，及提供至少一些程 臨時儲存以減少在執行期間必須自大塊儲存器榻取 程式碼之次數之快取記憶體。 輸入/輸出或1/0器件（包括（但不限於）鍵盤、 ㈣等等)可直接或經由插入式-控制器耗接… 網路轉接器亦可搞接至系統以使資料 插入式專用或公用網路_其他資料==㈣ 目前可用：： 電賴機及乙太網路卡僅為 用類型之網路轉接器中的少數幾種。 133612.doc -20- 200912749 【圖式簡單說明】 圖1A及1B說明在入口位置處用於先前技術方法之先前 技術硬體及軟體環境的最基礎之結構組件， 圖2說明在先前技術策略管理中所涉及之最基礎之先前 技術結構組件， . 圖3說明展示用於管理用於複合式應用程式之POV資訊 的先前技術方法中的基本步驟之先前技術控制流程， f、 圖4說明展示用於管理用於複合式應用程式之pov資訊 的本發明性方法之較佳實施例中的基本步驟之控制流程， 圖5說明根據本發明之較佳實施例在策略管理中所涉及 之敢基礎結構組件， 圖6為說明根據本發明之較佳實施例在情況丨中使用之組 件的配合動作之互動圖，其中參數定義被儲存於應用程式 範本中， 圖7為說明根據本發明之較佳實施例在情況1中使用之組 I’ 的配口動作之互動圖，其中個別策略經由規則引擎被映 射至個別應用程式參數。 、 【主要元件符號說明】 8 入α工件 10 入口架構 11 應用程式基礎結構（ΑΙ) 12 執行時期容器 13 範本應用程式基礎結構 14 部署組件 133612.doc -21 - 200912749 15 複合式應用程式基礎結構 16 執行個體特定資料 17 執行個體化組件 1 8 組件登錄 19 入口複合式應用程式 20 範本目錄 23 應用程式範本 25 内容脈絡 27 組件登錄 29 入口處置器 31 策略基礎結構 52 規則引擎 54 複合式應用程式參數 54A 參考The second 'has no component for applying access control (as required by corporate security policies) on individual parameter values. Brother II' does not automatically adjust the components that are often executed by the application. The details about the infrastructure environment, the name of the service, and the components of the mail group library are used to make the application builder must be in the application. Specify this value during setup. This broadness should be established in practice: knowledge of the individual user's general parameters of the red-type individual.而 要 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼 彼:::: The actual change in the expected use of the ::...= address of the aforementioned team room composite. Customer installation provides the team room to the composite application, the characteristics of a main knife sharing file.釭 釭 釭 使用者 使用者 使用者 w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w : : : : : : : : : As the corresponding team room model is implemented, individualized. . The application is now referred to as the actual technical problem underlying the present invention. False 133612.doc 200912749 In today's composite application program managers need to have the prior art A necessary individual server needs to be moved to different position. In the context of the environment, the squad group's $room composite application dynamically updates the reference to the new file server. The steps are depicted in Figure 3, and are as follows: 1 • Write some text on how to change the reference to the new file server. 2. Perform a list of individual determinations for the affected team room custodian to application %. Will contain the file created in step 1 and manage it. Have been recorded and shipped to all of them. 4. Individual managers must then read and understand the documents and perform the steps described. 5. Individual managers manually perform the necessary configuration steps, the help desk (help 6. In the case of error The next individual manager will contact the desk) » Question 7. The service desk needs to be informed of this task and needs to be able to give guidance to the administrators. Disadvantageously, following the overall effort of the steps and additionally: = = = : quite large requires additional service desk support. This will often be the goal of the present invention to provide an entry-type application that avoids the disadvantages described above. Automatic configuration method and system. & σ [SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION] This object of the present invention is achieved by the features of 133612.doc •11 - 200912749 as set forth in the accompanying independent patent. Further advantageous configurations and embodiments of the invention are set forth in the respective patent claims. Reference should now be made to the scope of the additional patent application. In short, dynamic parsing of parameter values will provide more flexible use of application parameters and will no longer limit all values that the application creator knows at initialization time. This inventive method thereby allows management of the application, infrastructure management and access control configuration, preferably based on the dynamic values of the industry parameters evaluated for the central configuration policy component. Rules can be established in a two-way manner to map individual application parameters to individual policy values and to map changes to specific policy values back to corresponding application parameter values. According to the most extensive aspect of the present invention and with reference to it, a method for configuring a population composite application composed of an entry composite application base: ((3)) and a separate system are disclosed in the composite The configuration parameters are managed within the application template, and the execution period behavior of the execution entity of the composite application is defined within a predetermined range of variability, and each of the parent parameters has its own variability point, wherein The 卞 method is characterized by the following steps: 1) For each of the variability points (Q), the ensemble parameter values are preferably mapped to only the magnetic % one-loaded, right-only W strategy. The strategic data structure, b) is also meaningful and / or use the pre-determined shame on the &, ... ^ meaning of this component (preferably the application of the components), which has inherent logic, and composite applications ^ and can read access to the set of predicate values, c) after the individual application time of the hot application of the composite application γ fly or in the composite 133612.doc •12· 200912749 application execution Individual component control parameters When the value is adjusted, the time is transferred to the functional functional month b component, thereby generating the configuration parameter d), and the state parameter value is included in the control for the composite application, e) The included configuration parameters automatically configure the composite application. This method therefore handles the automatic configuration of composite applications. There are two preferred ways to define a rule-based mapping between application parameters and policy values: First 'Parameter to Policy' mapping: With this mapping, the best match value query for a given application parameter is called the inventive "rule engine" The query is parameterized by the metadata (meta_data) associated with the composite application (eg, application name, affiliation category, application manager) and parameter name and type. The rule engine will determine the best match strategy based on the Tian Yu rule basis and draw the corresponding value from the strategy. Second, "Policy-to-Parameters" mapping: With this mapping, the policy infrastructure triggers updates to existing application parameters whenever a particular policy value is modified. By querying the rules engine for matching application parameters To determine a set of parameters that should be updated due to a change in a particular policy value. The metadata (eg, policy name, policy category) and policy value name associated with the policy containing the policy value are parameterized for querying. Any changes to the parameters will be automatically forwarded to different composite applications, controlled by the policy component, and then processed by the rules engine. [Embodiment] 133612.doc -13- 200912749 The present invention is illustrated by way of example and is not illustrated The shape of the figure is limited to the reference figures and is now specifically referred to FIG. 4 (which illustrates the basic steps in the inventive <pregnant parental embodiment of the invention for managing P〇V information for a composite application. Control process), familiar with the technology to understand, perform a single step, which is used for illustrative composite applications, team room & strategy Changed to cause the new server address to be stored in the policy (ie, willing to describe all the information about the file server). Use examples to illustrate this inventive method: Assumption, network management It is the responsibility of the user to control the mail quota (Mail qU0ta) of the shared mailbox that is implemented as part of the discussion forum for the composite application. The mail quota should be 1 〇〇 MB for the application managed by the administrator and for non-management The management of the person should be 50 halls. If the application category is "problem chasing:", the mail quota should be 200 MB, and who is in the management application. To achieve this, the manager will set up three strategies: 1) administrator email policy, 2) non-manager policy, and 3) issue tracking email policy to maintain separate mail quota values. In addition, the administrator will set the individual rules, for example: Rule 1: "If the administrator of the application is the administrator == true, then use the administrator mail policy rule 2:" If the administrator of the application is the manager == false, then Use non-administrator mail policy" 133612.doc • 14· 200912749, Bay! 3 · Right application category == "problem tracking", use QI Qi tracking mail strategy ', • Rule 4: ” Rule 3 priority In rule 2 „ - Rule 5: " Rule 3 takes precedence over the rules Γ , , '°, not a single discussion forum composite application, but all new. Only when the discussion forum template is executed is individualized, the accurate assigned mail quota value is automatically obtained. If the mail quota requirement changes over time, for example, an application executed by the executing program should have a 400 MB mail quota, then it is possible to add only additional rules to achieve this quota for applications that are to be personalized in the future. In order to achieve dynamic adjustment of existing composite applications, it is necessary to introduce a separate "strategy to parameter mapping". The example is as follows: Rule 6 The right administrator mail policy is changed, then the manager of the update application is the manager == all applications ", rule 7. The right non-official mail policy is changed, then the application is updated. The official manager manages all applications for the fake ", - rule 8:" if the problem tracking email policy is changed, then update the application's category problem tracking" all applications, -, rule 9:" Rule 7 takes precedence over Rule 5,,, - Rule 10: "The rule takes precedence over Rule 6 „. Under this If, 'Change the official mail policy to define the mail quota to 300 MB' will result in the execution by the official. All discussion forums (other than their applications in the "Question Tracking" category) will be automatically updated. In this situation, the (4) to the self-strategy is just symmetrical, but it should be noted that this is not the first condition of 133612.doc 200912749. It is worth noting that the rules can be advantageously established without modifying the existing application template in any way, which allows this method to be used even for templates provided by third parties. Figure 5 illustrates the most basic structural components involved in policy management in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Embodiments of the method can be implemented by loosely coupling three existing infrastructure components: a composite application infrastructure n generation (4) an entry-level composite application infrastructure of the present technology (4), which manages individual application ambiguities and Template information. The policy infrastructure 31 maintains corporate configuration data that is preferably configured in the hierarchy of the policy form. In addition, policy infrastructure 31 is responsible for generating events regarding policy value updates that can be consumed by the policy client component by implementing a "publish-pre-order" stylized style. Each policy defines one or more composite application parameters 54. In Figure 5, which is referred to as reference 54A, these are automatically configured composite (4) program parameters in accordance with this inventive embodiment. The rules engine 52 is responsible for and thus implements the logic for mapping individual data sets managed by the policy infrastructure to individual variability points that are subject to individual composite applications executing in the ingress composite application infrastructure. An exemplary data set for rule data and policy data is given in the bottom section of Figure 5: Refer to the mail quota instance to map the individual policy data sets stored in the rule data database to individual composite applications ( Also 1 'field 133612.doc 200912749 five applications that their applications are subject to variability points). The actual configuration data is stored in a strategic data repository managed by the policy component. According to the mail quota example in the bottom part of Figure 5, there are definitions for "management &people& team room", "non-manager management team room" and " problem tracking team room" At least three strategies. Each policy defines a composite application parameter "mail quota·,,"mail server" and "default client". Note that it is better to resolve individual strategies ( That is, the hierarchical relationship between the mail root policy and the individual other mail policies defines the actual set of effective values. Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating the components 11, 23, 31 used in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention in a variation of the first embodiment. And an interaction diagram of the cooperative action of 52, wherein the parameter definition is stored in the application template 23. In this case, the parameter definition stored in the application template 23 indicates that the parameter value used for the definition of the parameter should use an external rule engine. 52. Assignment. The composite application infrastructure u will use the rules engine to perform the best matching strategy execution based on the context information for the application context. For example, the following steps are implemented, which are also listed in the figure _·· Step 610: The application template is read by the application infrastructure during the execution of the application execution. Step 620: Identify the parameter definition mail quota (exemplary p〇v) Step 630: The parameter value is identified as rule-based, which means that the actual value of the parameter will not be queried from the user executing the individualized application, but needs to be retrieved using the rule engine. Step 640: Application Foundation The structure η sends a check for the best E-matching strategy 133612.doc • 17- 200912749. The query propagates the following context information: user D, template category ID, template id, and parameter name. Step 650: Rule engine 52 is based on The contextual information associated with the query and the rule base stored in the rules database are passed back to the set of values that led to the best match. Step 660: The application of the policy value set returned by the application rule 11 free rule engine Actual value and assign this value to the mail quota parameter. Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating the cooperation of the components used in the case 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. An interactive graph in which individual strategies are mapped to individual application parameters via a rules engine. As described in Case 1, this can be used in parallel with, or in addition to, the individual parameters being mapped. In both directions, a two-way mapping between the application parameters and the policy values can be established. The flow in the bidirectional mapping is performed as follows: Step 7 1 0: Read by the application base Q structure during application execution individualization The application template. The parameter definition for the mail quota parameter identifies this parameter for parsing using the rules engine. Step 720: The application infrastructure issues a query for the best matching strategy. The query propagates the following context information: user ID, template category ID, template ID, and parameter name (mail quota). Step 730: The rules engine retrieves the policy value that results in the best match from the policy based on the contextual information associated with the query and the rules stored in the rules database. Step 740: Apply the & value to the application's mail 133612.doc .〇 200912749 quota parameter. Step 750: The manager wants to change the mail quota after a period of time (e.g., in the administrator mail quota policy). Step 760: The policy infrastructure is notified by the policy infrastructure about changes in this policy. To capture events generated by the policy infrastructure, the composite application infrastructure implements the policy value change event listener interface experienced by the policy component and registers itself as a listener for those events. The policy component in turn notifies all registered listeners of all updates to any of the policy values via the policy value change interface. Step 770: The application infrastructure call rules engine determines the mapping match definition. The query propagates the following context information: policy category ID, policy ID, and parameter name (eg 'mail policy, f-mail policy, mail quota'). The result of this query is a set of parameters contained in the individual applications that are likely to be updated with new values. Step 780: The rule engine returns the parameter definition set to be updated. v. 790. The application infrastructure updates the values defined by the parameters returned by the rules engine. This month may be in the form of a full hardware embodiment, a fully software embodiment, or an embodiment containing both hardware and software components. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is implemented in software. The software includes, but is not limited to, firmware, resident software, microcode, and the like. In addition, the present invention can be implemented in the form of a computer program product accessible from a computer usable medium or a computer readable medium 133612.doc -19. 200912749. The computer can be executed by a computer or any instruction using M or computer readable medium. The system uses or combines the computer or any instruction to execute the code used by the system. For the purposes of this description, a computer-readable or computer-readable medium can be any device that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The media can be electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor systems (or devices or devices) or media. Examples of computer readable media include semiconductor or solid state memory, magnetic tape, removable computer magnetic disks, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (R〇M), rigid magnetic disks, and optical disks. Current examples of optical discs include compact discs - read only memory (cd_r〇m), compact disc-read/write (CD-R/W), and DVD. The data (4) that is suitable for storing and/or executing the code will include at least one processing that is indirectly consumed to the memory component directly or via the system bus. C hi···== The memory component can be included in the actual (4) code The memory area used during execution, the bulk storage and the cache memory, and the cache memory that provides at least some temporary storage to reduce the number of times the code must be retrieved from the bulk storage during execution. Input/output or 1/0 devices (including but not limited to keyboards, (4), etc.) can be used directly or via plug-in controllers... Network adapters can also be connected to the system for data plug-in Or public network_Other information==(4) Currently available:: The battery and Ethernet card are only a few of the types of network adapters. 133612.doc -20- 200912749 [Simplified Schematic] FIGS. 1A and 1B illustrate the most basic structural components of prior art hardware and software environments for prior art methods at the entry location, and FIG. 2 illustrates prior art policy management. The most basic prior art structural components involved in this, Figure 3 illustrates a prior art control flow showing the basic steps in a prior art method for managing POV information for a composite application, f, Figure 4 illustrates the display Control flow for the basic steps in a preferred embodiment of the inventive method for managing pov information for a composite application, FIG. 5 illustrates a dare infrastructure involved in policy management in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention Component, Figure 6 is an interactive diagram illustrating the cooperative action of components used in a situation in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein parameter definitions are stored in an application template, and Figure 7 illustrates a preferred implementation in accordance with the present invention. An interactive diagram of the matching action of the group I' used in case 1, where individual strategies are mapped to individual application parameters via the rules engine . [Main component symbol description] 8 Into alpha workpiece 10 Ingress architecture 11 Application infrastructure (ΑΙ) 12 Execution period container 13 Template application infrastructure 14 Deployment component 133612.doc -21 - 200912749 15 Composite application infrastructure 16 Executing Individual Specific Data 17 Performing Individualized Components 1 8 Component Login 19 Portal Composite Application 20 Template Directory 23 Application Template 25 Content Thread 27 Component Login 29 Entry Processor 31 Policy Infrastructure 52 Rule Engine 54 Composite Application Parameter 54A reference
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