Service-oriented architecture system and methods supporting dynamic service provider versioning

摘要

Versioning of the business operation methods implemented by service providers within a distributed computer system implementing a service oriented-architecture is performed by maintaining, with respect to a collection of deployed service providers, a versioning database storing data representing the sets of version identifiers defined for the individual business operation methods of the service requester interfaces and service providers. The data further includes mapping data defining mapping compatible correspondences between select business operation method identifiers of the service requester interfaces and service providers. A request identifying a service requester interface produces a result identification of service providers compatible with the business operation method requirements of the service requester interface based on a determination of a mapping compatible correspondence between business operation method identifiers of the service requester interface and each resultant identified service provider.