Method and apparatus for WS-policy based web service controlling

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July 31, 2007

Apparatus and method for WS-Policy based web service controlling. The apparatus includes: a service policy repository for storing a plurality of Web Service policies; a service policy agent for receiving a request for a Web Service policy from a service consumer and for obtaining conditioning information that influences the Web Service policy; and a service policy conditioner for selecting corresponding Web Service policy from the service policy repository in accordance with the conditioning information. The service policy agent sends the Web Service policy to the service consumer. The Web Service policy-based service differentiation method decouples the service differentiation mechanism from the service provision and service invocation mechanism and can provide policy support in accordance with other nonfunctional conditions besides service functions.

Zhou, Yu Chen (Beijing, CN)

International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY, US)

1. A method for WS-Policy based web service controlling, comprising: storing, in a service policy repository, a plurality of Web Service policies; executing, with a processor, the Web Service policies; receiving, with a service policy agent, a request for service metadata including a Web Service policy from a service consumer, wherein the service policy agent obtains differentiated service information from the request, and obtains conditioning information that influences the Web Service policy from at least one of the service consumer, a service provider, and a monitoring server via an information collector; and selecting, with a service policy conditioner, a corresponding Web Service policy from the service policy repository in accordance with the conditioning information; wherein the service policy agent embeds the selected Web Service policy in the metadata, and sends the metadata in which the selected corresponding Web Service policy is embedded to the service consumer, wherein the conditioning information includes at least one of: transaction processing mode, language, and region of the service consumer or load state and response time of the service provider, wherein the service consumer invokes a Web service in accordance with at least a part of the Web Service policy and the metadata, and wherein the metadata comprises WSDL, XSD or DTD metadata.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service policy agent further sends the selected Web Service policy to the service provider.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service policy agent further receives a request of the service provider and sends the selected Web Service policy to the service provider.

4. An apparatus for WS-Policy based web service controlling, comprising: a service policy repository storing a plurality of Web Service policies; a processor configured to execute the Web Service policies; a service policy agent configured to receive a request for service metadata including a Web Service policy from a service consumer, wherein the service policy agent obtains differentiated service information from the request, and configured to obtain conditioning information that influences the Web Service policy from at least one of the service consumer, a service provider, and a monitoring server via an information collector; and a service policy conditioner configured to select a corresponding Web Service policy from the service policy repository in accordance with the conditioning information; wherein the service policy agent is configured to embed the selected Web Service policy in the metadata, and send the metadata in which the selected corresponding Web Service policy is embedded to the service consumer, wherein the conditioning information includes at least one of: transaction processing mode, language, and region of the service consumer or load state and response time of the service provider, wherein the service consumer invokes a Web service in accordance with at least a part of the Web Service policy and the metadata, and wherein the metadata comprises WSDL, XSD or DTD metadata.

5. The apparatus in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the service policy agent further sends the selected Web Service policy to the service provider.

6. The apparatus in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the service policy agent further receives a request of the service provider and sends the selected Web Service policy to the service provider.

7. The apparatus in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the apparatus is part of a Web Service provider.

8. The apparatus in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the apparatus is part of a service registration center (UDDI).

9. The apparatus in accordance with claim 8 , wherein the Web Service policy is a policy file attached to a service registration center entity.

10. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, the computer program having machine-executable code parts, which when executed by a processor, cause the machine to perform the steps of: a) receiving a request for service metadata including a Web Service policy from a service consumer, and obtaining differentiated service information from the request; b) in response to the request, obtaining conditioning information that influences a service from at least one of the service consumer, a service provider, and a monitoring server via an information collector; c) selecting a Web Service policy corresponding to the conditioning information from a service policy repository; d) embedding the selected Web Service policy in the metadata; e) sending the metadata in which the Web Service policy is embedded to the service consumer, wherein the conditioning information includes at least one of: transaction processing mode, language, and region of the service consumer or load state and response time of the service provider, wherein the service consumer invokes a Web service in accordance with at least a part of the Web Service policy and the metadata, and wherein the metadata comprises WSDL, XSD or DTD metadata.

11. The medium in accordance with claim 10 , further comprising: sending the selected Web Service policy to the service provider.

12. The medium in accordance with claim 10 , further comprising: responsive to a request of the service provider, sending the selected Web Service policy to the service provider.

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