Configuration resolution for transitive dependencies

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10325003-B2
Application number	US-201815882883-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2018
Priority date	Oct 31, 2014
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

A method including: receiving at a server a first request from a first provider to retrieve a first configuration for a first lookup order; determining the first configuration for the first lookup order using the server based at least in part on both an ordering specified by the first lookup order and the first call being through the direct dependency relationship; providing the first configuration to the first provider; receiving at the server a second request from the first provider to retrieve a second configuration for a second lookup order; determining the second configuration for the second lookup order using the server based at least in part on both an ordering specified by the second lookup order and the second call to the first provider by the application being through the transitive dependency relationship; and providing the second configuration to the first provider. Other embodiments are described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform:
receiving at a server a first request from a first provider to retrieve a first configuration for a first lookup order, the first provider is configured (a) to be called directly by an application such that the application has a direct dependency relationship with the first provider and (b) to be called by the application through a second provider such that the application has a transitive dependency relationship with the first provider through the second provider, the first request from the first provider is received when the first provider is called in a first call by the application through the direct dependency relationship, the first request comprising the first lookup order;
determining the first configuration for the first lookup order using the server based at least in part on both: (a) an ordering specified by the first lookup order, and (b) the first call to the first provider by the application being through the direct dependency relationship;
providing the first configuration to the first provider;
receiving at the server a second request from the first provider to retrieve a second configuration for a second lookup order, the second request from the first provider is received when the first provider is called in a second call by the application through the transitive dependency relationship, the second request comprising the second lookup order;
determining the second configuration for the second lookup order using the server based at least in part on both: (a) an ordering specified by the second lookup order, and (b) the second call to the first provider by the application being through the transitive dependency relationship, such that the first configuration can be different from the second configuration when the first lookup order is different from the second lookup order, and such that the first configuration can be different from the second configuration when the first lookup order is the same as the second lookup order; and
providing the second configuration to the first provider,

wherein:
the first lookup order and the second lookup order each specify a specific ordering of one or more predefined configurations from which to determine configuration settings to be used based on the specific ordering.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
determining the first configuration for the first lookup order further comprises determining the first configuration for the first lookup order by selecting the first configuration from one of at least a third configuration and a fourth configuration different from the third configuration.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
determining the first configuration for the first lookup order further comprises:
determining a third configuration based on the first lookup order;
determining a fourth configuration different from the third configuration based on the first lookup order; and
generating the first configuration by performing an aggregate and override operation on the third configuration using the fourth configuration.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first configuration comprises one or more different configuration settings.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the application is a web application;
the first provider is a first library; and
the second provider is a second library different from the first library.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing instructions are further configured to perform:
before receiving the first request from the first provider to retrieve the first configuration for the first lookup order:
storing on the server a first set of predefined configurations defined by the application;
storing on the server a second set of predefined configurations defined by the first provider; and
storing on the server a third set of predefined configurations defined by the second provider.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein:
the first set of predefined configurations defined by the application comprises:
a first predefined configuration defined by the application for when the application is using the first provider;
a second predefined configuration defined by the application for when the application is using the second provider;
a third predefined configuration defined by the application for when the application is using the first provider through the second provider; and
the first, second and third predefined configurations are different from each other;

the second set of predefined configurations defined by the first provider comprises:
a fourth predefined configuration defined by the first provider for a first default usage of the first provider;
a fifth predefined configuration defined by the first provider for when the application is using the first provider;
a sixth predefined configuration defined by the first provider for when the application is using the first provider through the second provider;
a seventh predefined configuration defined by the first provider for when the second provider is using the first provider; and
the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh predefined configurations are different from each other; and

the third set of predefined configurations defined by the second provider comprises:
an eighth predefined configuration defined by the second provider for a second default usage of the second provider;
a ninth predefined configuration defined by the second provider for when the second provider is using the first provider; and
the eighth and ninth predefined configurations are different from each other.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the first lookup order and the second lookup order are each a default lookup order;
determining the first configuration for the first lookup order comprises:
determining the first configuration is the first predefined configuration defined by the application for when the application is using the first provider; and

determining the second configuration for the second lookup order comprises:
determining the second configuration is the third predefined configuration defined by the application for when the application is using the first provider through the second provider.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein:
determining the first configuration for the first lookup order further comprises:
when the first predefined configuration for when the application is using the first provider is not defined, determining the first configuration is the fourth predefined configuration defined by the first provider for the first default usage of the first provider; and

determining the second configuration for the second lookup order further comprises:
when the third predefined configuration for when the application is using the first provider through the second provider is not defined, determining the second configuration is the fourth predefined configuration defined by the first provider for the first default usage of the first provider.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the first lookup order and the second lookup order are each a client lookup order;
determining the first configuration for the first lookup order comprises:
determining the first configuration is the first predefined configuration defined by the application for when the application is using the first provider; and

determining the second configuration for the second lookup order comprises:
determining the second configuration is the ninth predefined configuration defined by the second provider for when the second provider is using

Assignees

• Walmart Apollo Llc

Inventors

• Dighe Prashant
• Cherukumille Bhanu
• Agarwal Niraj K
• Johnson Brian M
• Sarkar Soumen

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