The present invention may be better understood, and its numerous objects, features and advantages made apparent to those skilled in the art by referencing the accompanying drawings. The use of the same reference number throughout the several figures designates a like or similar element.
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The user application 110 includes instructions that are compiled from any known programming language. The transform layer 120 includes a compilation portion that corresponds to the known programming language. For example, the transform layer 120 may include a C or C++ compilation portion 130, a Java compilation portion 132, a PERL compilation portion 134 or a .NET compilation portion 136.
Providing the portable algorithm within an XSL document enables portability of the algorithm while removing the dependence of the individuals on a specific programming language for processing. Each entity can write an application that receives inputs and provides outputs in a consistent format regardless of the implementation of the XSL. All consumers of the shared logic are guaranteed the intended behavior of the algorithm and the distributor of the algorithm is the only point of contact for maintenance.
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For purposes of this disclosure, an information handling system may include any instrumentality or aggregate of instrumentalities operable to compute, classify, process, transmit, receive, retrieve, originate, switch, store, display, manifest, detect, record, reproduce, handle, or utilize any form of information, intelligence, or data for business, scientific, control, or other purposes. For example, an information handling system may be a personal computer, a network storage device, or any other suitable device and may vary in size, shape, performance, functionality, and price. The information handling system may include random access memory (RAM), one or more processing resources such as a central processing unit (CPU) or hardware or software control logic, ROM, and/or other types of nonvolatile memory. Additional components of the information handling system may include one or more disk drives, one or more network ports for communicating with external devices as well as various input and output (I/O) devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a video display. The information handling system may also include one or more buses operable to transmit communications between the various hardware components.
The system 400 includes a server 410, on which the software executing is executing. An inventory collector 412 generates an inventor 414 of the software that is executing on the server 410. The inventory 414 is provided to a comparison module 420 which also receives as an input the update package 430. The update package includes a repository manifest 432 and a software bundle 434. The comparison module 420 generates a compared inventory document 440.
The comparison is performed using a comparison file 512, which conforms to the XSL document standard, and two sets of XML data, the inventory XML data 414 and the package manifest XML data 432.
In operation, the system loads the inventory comparison XSL file, loads the XML based inventory data, loads the XML based package manifest data and transforms the comparison and generates an XML based compared results 440.
The comparison is performed using a bundle prerequisite comparison file 512, which conforms to the XSL document standard, and two sets of XML data, the inventory XML data 414 and the bundle prerequisite XML data 434.
In operation, the system loads the bundle prerequisite comparison XSL file, loads the XML based inventory data, loads the XML based package bundle prerequisite data and transforms the comparison and generates an XML based compared results 440.
The present invention is well adapted to attain the advantages mentioned as well as others inherent therein. While the present invention has been depicted, described, and is defined by reference to particular embodiments of the invention, such references do not imply a limitation on the invention, and no such limitation is to be inferred. The invention is capable of considerable modification, alteration, and equivalents in form and function, as will occur to those ordinarily skilled in the pertinent arts. The depicted and described embodiments are examples only, and are not exhaustive of the scope of the invention.
For example, the above-discussed embodiments include software modules that perform certain tasks. The software modules discussed herein may include script, batch, or other executable files. The software modules may be stored on a machine-readable or computer-readable storage medium such as a disk drive. Storage devices used for storing software modules in accordance with an embodiment of the invention may be magnetic floppy disks, hard disks, or optical discs such as CD-ROMs or CD-Rs, for example. A storage device used for storing firmware or hardware modules in accordance with an embodiment of the invention may also include a semiconductor-based memory, which may be permanently, removably or remotely coupled to a microprocessor/memory system. Thus, the modules may be stored within a computer system memory to configure the computer system to perform the functions of the module. Other new and various types of computer-readable storage media may be used to store the modules discussed herein. Additionally, those skilled in the art will recognize that the separation of functionality into modules is for illustrative purposes. Alternative embodiments may merge the functionality of multiple modules into a single module or may impose an alternate decomposition of functionality of modules. For example, a software module for calling sub-modules may be decomposed so that each sub-module performs its function and passes control directly to another sub-module.
Consequently, the invention is intended to be limited only by the spirit and scope of the appended claims, giving full cognizance to equivalents in all respects.