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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2007
Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen J. Maine, Seattle, WA (US);
Clemens Friedrich Vasters, Kirkland, WA (US);
Brian Matthew Mcnamara, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen J. Maine, Seattle, WA (US);
Clemens Friedrich Vasters, Kirkland, WA (US);
Brian Matthew McNamara, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for dispatching client requests to appropriate server-side methods. When a client request is received, a Web server refers to a service contract framework that maps URI paths and HTTP methods to corresponding server implemented methods. A server implemented method corresponding to a URI path and/or an HTTP method included in the client request is identified. The server implemented method is invoked to process the client request message. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention provide a uniform mechanism to dispatch HTTP requests to designated server implemented methods based solely on URI path and HTTP method. That is, an HTTP request can be dispatched to a designated server implemented method without having to include additional dispatch metadata within the HTTP request (e.g., in a SOAP envelope).