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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2006
Gerd Breiter, Wilderg, DE;
Ruediger Maass, Boeblingen, DE;
Steffen Rost, Nafringen, DE;
Thomas Spatzier, Schoeuaich, DE;
Gerd Breiter, Wilderg, DE;
Ruediger Maass, Boeblingen, DE;
Steffen Rost, Nafringen, DE;
Thomas Spatzier, Schoeuaich, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention replaces the prior art Systems Management Flow execution environments with a new Order Processing Environment. The Order Processing Environment consists of an Order Processing Container ('Container' in short), a Relationship Registry, and a Factory Registry. The Factory Registry supports creation of new resource instances. The Relationship Registry stores relationships between resources. The Container gets as input an Order and a start point address for the first resource. The Order is a document (e.g., XML) which includes a number of Tasks for each involved resource without arranging those tasks in a sequence. This differentiates Orders from workflow descriptions used by standard workflow engines. Each Task includes at least all input parameters for executing the Task. The sequence of the Task execution is derived by the Container by using the Relationship Registry which reflects all current Resource Topologies.