关键词: 中间件, 中间件管理, Web服务

Abstract: The prosperity of middleware brings its management much complexity due to rich types of middleware， and the openness of environments where middleware is used makes the target and requirement of its management become largely diverse. Therefore， it is demanded that the capability of middleware management be accumulated from the basic management functions in order to meet diversified and personalized requirements. A service oriented approach to middleware management is proposed. In the approach， basic management functions of middleware are encapsulated into services and with these services new functions can be developed by means of service composition， which achieves the management capability accumulation. Some key problems in the approach are discussed including encapsulation of basic middleware management functions， composition patterns of management functions， interfaces adaptation of management function services and propagation of management exceptions in service composition. It also demonstrates the approach with a management case for a J2EE application.

Key words: middleware, middleware management, Web service