Method and apparatus for object discovery agent based mapping of application specific markup language schemas to application specific business objects in an integrated application environment

摘要

A method, an apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for object discovery agent (ODA) based mapping of application specific markup language schemas to application specific business objects using an appropriate ODA. A generic ODA application specific information (ASI) builder is added to a business object application specific information (BO ASI) resolver for selecting specific ODA ASI builder from a plurality of registered builders. Upon receiving schema meta business objects (BOs), generic ODA ASI builder sends generated BOs to specific ODA ASI builder, which prepares configuration data structure understood by a specific ODA. Specific ODA uses data structure to generate application specific BOs. A BO reader creates ODA meta BOs from application specific BOs. The generic ODA ASI builder matches ODA meta BO with schema meta BO. Matched parts are ported to a target meta BO. Unmatched parts are resolved by transformation rule or user input. Application specific target meta BOs are sent back to BO ASI resolver.