Adaptable management of web application state in a micro-service architecture

• US 10,275,235 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2017
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Buehler, Dieter, Falkenberg, Matthias, Gaha Tchamabe, Armelle Parfaite, Karaoguz, Nedim, Steinheber, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Tecklu, Isaac T
• Application Number:
  US15/707,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20190087178A1
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/38 Telephone uniform resource identifier [URI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2575 using address mapping retrieval, e.g. simple traversal of user datagram protocol through session traversal utilities for NAT [STUN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A method for controlling a web application state in a micro-service architecture may be provided. The method comprises registering a client-side state client at a client user interface component and loading a current state of the web application via a server-side state micro-service from a server state store upon a navigation to a website relating to a server-side micro-service of the web application. The method also comprises triggering a state change of the web application by a user interface control of the client user interface component, transmitting the changed state from the server-side micro-service of the web application to the server-side state micro-service, storing the changed state by the server-side state micro-service together with a state identifier in a server state store, transmitting the changed state and the state identifier from the server-side state micro-service to the state client, and notifying the client user interface component about the changed state.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a web application state in a micro-service architecture, said method comprising:

registering a client-side state client having a related client state store at a client user interface component;

navigating in said client user interface component to a website relating to a server-side micro-service of said web application indicated by a state identifier in a related universal resource locator;

loading a current state of said web application via a server-side state micro-service from a server state store;

triggering a state change of said web application by a user interface control of said client user interface component;

transmitting said state change from said server-side micro-service of said web application to said server-side state micro-service;

storing said state change by said server-side state micro-service together with a state identifier in a server state store;

transmitting said state change and said state identifier from said server-side state micro-service to said client-side state client; and

notifying said client user interface component about said state change.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein storing said state change by said server-side state micro-service together with a state identifier in a server state store further comprises storing a plurality of state data in said server state store.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein notifying said client user interface component about said state change further comprises adding said state change to said related universal resource locator of said web application.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein loading a current state of said web application via a server-side state micro-service from a server state store further comprises passing said current state to a state validation engine for a verification of said current state.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

iterating through a plurality of registered state validators registered with said state validation engine; and

approving or discarding said current state.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising transmitting an approved or discarded state to said client-side state client via said state validation engine.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising storing an approved state in its related client state store.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising initializing a registered user interface (UI) control registered with said client user interface component with said approved state.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein loading a current state of said web application via a server-side state micro-service from a server state store further comprises initializing said client-side state client and said related client state store.

10. A computer system for controlling a web application state in a micro-service architecture, comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising;

registering a client-side state client having a related client state store at a client user interface component;

navigating in said client user interface component to a website relating to a server-side micro-service of said web application indicated by a state identifier in a related universal resource locator;

loading a current state of said web application via a server-side state micro-service from a server state store;

triggering a state change of said web application by a user interface control of said client user interface component;

detecting a state change of said web application by a user interface control of said client user interface component;

transmitting said state change from said server-side micro-service of said web application to said server-side state micro-service;

storing said state change by said server-side state micro-service together with a state identifier in a server state store;

transmitting said state change and said state identifier from said server-side state micro-service to said client-side state client; and

notifying said client user interface component about said state change.

11. The computer system according to claim 10, wherein storing said state change by said server-side state micro-service together with a state identifier in a server state store further comprises storing a plurality of state data in said server state store.

12. The computer system according to claim 10, wherein notifying said client user interface component about said state change further comprises adding said state change to said related universal resource locator of said web application.

13. The computer system according to claim 10, wherein loading a current state of said web application via a server-side state micro-service from a server state store further comprises passing said current state to a state validation engine for a verification of said current state.

14. The computer system according to claim 13, further comprising:

iterating through a plurality of registered state validators registered with said state validation engine; and

approving or discarding said current state.

15. The computer system according to claim 14, further comprising transmitting an approved or discarded state to said client-side state client via said state validation engine.

16. The computer system according to claim 15, further comprising storing an approved state in its related client state store.

17. The computer system according to claim 16, further comprising initializing a registered user interface (UI) control registered with said client user interface component with said approved state.

18. The computer system according to claim 10, wherein loading a current state of said web application via a server-side state micro-service from a server state store further comprises initializing said client-side state client and said related client state store.

19. A computer program product for controlling a web application state in a micro-service architecture, comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage media, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising;

registering a client-side state client having a related client state store at a client user interface component;

navigating in said client user interface component to a website relating to a server-side micro-service of said web application indicated by a state identifier in a related universal resource locator;

loading a current state of said web application via a server-side state micro-service from a server state store;

triggering a state change of said web application by a user interface control of said client user interface component;

transmitting said state change from said server-side micro-service of said web application to said server-side state micro-service;

storing said state change by said server-side state micro-service together with a state identifier in a server state store;

transmitting said state change and said state identifier from said server-side state micro-service to said client-side state client; and

notifying said client user interface component about said state change.

20. The computer program according to claim 19, wherein storing said state change by said server-side state micro-service together with a state identifier in a server state store further comprises storing a plurality of state data in said server state store.