System and method for providing configuration modularity in an application server, cloud platform, or other environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9898344-B2
Application number	US-201414476583-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2014
Priority date	Sep 20, 2013
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing configuration modularity in an application server, cloud platform, or other environment. For example, in a cloud computing environment, application server modules, e.g., WebLogic Server or GlassFish modules, can be embedded within the environment to provide various cloud platform functionalities. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a configuration modularity logic for use in determining, for a particular application or service deployment, a configuration of application, module or service components, including determining if a configuration is provided by a global or domain configuration, determining if annotations are provided by the particular application or service deployment for use in configuring the application, module or service components, and/or determining if a default configuration is provided for use with the particular application or service deployment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for providing configuration modularity in an application server, cloud platform, or other environment, comprising:
one or more computers including an application server or cloud environment executing thereon that supports provisioning of enterprise applications as services; and
a configuration modularity logic for use in determining, upon receiving a request for a particular application or service deployment, a configuration of each application, module or service component of the particular application or service deployment, including
determining whether a configuration is provided by a global or domain configuration,
using, if provided by the global or domain configuration, the configuration to configure a config bean for each of the application, module or service components,
determining, if the configuration for a config bean for one or more of the application, module or service components is not provided by the global or domain configuration, whether annotations are provided by the particular application or service deployment for use in configuring the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service components,
using, if provided by the particular application or service deployment, the annotations to configure the config bean for use by the one or more of the application, module or service components,
determining, if the configuration for a config bean for one or more of the application, module or service components is not provided by the global or domain configuration and the annotations are not provided by the particular application or service configuration for use in configuring the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service deployments, whether a default configuration is provided for use with the particular application or service deployment in configuring the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service components, and
using the default configuration to configure the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service components.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application server or cloud environment includes one or more modules associated with a configuration file that provides configuration data for those modules and that is used by the configuration modularity logic to configure the modules for use within the application server or cloud environment.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system includes the application server, and wherein the system uses the configuration modularity logic to configure config beans for use by applications or modules deployed within the application server environment.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system includes the cloud environment, and wherein the system uses the configuration modularity logic to configure service definition packages for use by services deployed within the cloud environment.

5. A method of providing configuration modularity in an application server, cloud platform, or other environment, comprising:
providing, at one or more computers including an application server or cloud environment executing thereon that supports provisioning of enterprise applications as services, a configuration modularity logic; and
determining, by the configuration modularity logic upon receiving a request for a particular application or service deployment, a configuration of each application, module or service component of the particular application or service deployment, including
determining whether a configuration is provided by a global or domain configuration, using, if provided by the global or domain configuration, the configuration to configure a config bean for each of the application, module or service components,
determining, if the configuration for a config bean for one or more of the application, module or service components is not provided by the global or domain configuration, whether annotations are provided by the particular application or service deployment for use in configuring the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service components,
using, if provided by the particular application or service deployment, the annotations to configure the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service components,
determining, if the configuration for a config bean for one or more of the application, module or service components is not provided by the global or domain configuration and the annotations are not provided by the particular application or service configuration for use in configuring the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service deployments, whether a default configuration is provided for use with the particular application or service deployment in configuring the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service components, and
using the default configuration to configure the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service components.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the application server or cloud environment includes one or more modules associated with a configuration file that provides configuration data for those modules and that is used by the configuration modularity logic to configure the modules for use within the application server or cloud environment.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the method is performed with the application server, including using the configuration modularity logic to configure config beans for use by applications or modules deployed within the application server environment.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the method is performed with the cloud environment, including using the configuration modularity logic to configure service definition packages for use by services deployed within the cloud environment.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the method comprising:
providing, at one or more computers including an application server or cloud environment executing thereon that supports provisioning of enterprise applications as services, a configuration modularity logic; and
determining, by the configuration modularity logic upon receiving a request for a particular application or service deployment, a configuration of each application, module or service component of the particular application or service deployment, including
determining whether a configuration is provided by a global or domain configuration,
using, if provided by the global or domain configuration, the configuration to configure a config bean for each of the application, module or service components,
determining, if the configuration for a config bean for one or more of the application, module or service components is not provided by the global or domain configuration, whether annotations are provided by the particular application or service deployment for use in configuring the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service components,
using, if provided by the particular application or service deployment, the annotations to configure the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service components,
determining, if the configuration for a config bean for one or more of the application, module or service components is not provided by the global or domain configuration and the annotations are not provided by the particular application or service configuration for use in configuring the config bean for the one or more of the application, module or service deployments, whether a default configuration is provided for use with th

Assignees

• Oracle Int Corp

Inventors

• Kalali Masoud

Classifications

• G06F9/44505

  Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files · CPC title

• G06F9/5072 Primary

  Grid computing · CPC title

• H04L41/5096

  wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications · CPC title

• H04L41/0893

  Assignment of logical groups to network elements · CPC title

• G06F8/60

  Software deployment · CPC title