Dynamic virtual service

• US 10,628,420 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2015
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Devine, John, Punreddy, Anita, Arthur, Alex C., Li, Wing, Gong, Bo
• Primary Examiner(s): Al-Hashemi, Sana A
• Application Number:
  US14/974,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20170177650A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,586 Days
• Field of Search: 707607, 707609, 707687, 707705, 707790, 707813, 707821
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution

Abstract

A request is received at a virtual service simulating a particular data service. The request includes a uniform resource locator (URL) that includes a service root portion and a resource path portion identifying a particular resource of a data structure. Syntax of at least the resource path portion is verified based on a particular protocol. Consistency of the resource path portion with a structure of a data model corresponding to the particular data service is also verified. A query of a database is performed based on contents of at least the resource path portion and a simulated response of the particular data service to the request is generated using results of the query.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request from a software component at a virtual service simulating a particular data service, wherein the virtual service is instantiated from a service model, the service model is based at least in part on previously observed request-response pairs involving the particular data service, the service model models response behavior of the particular data service to one or more types of requests, the request comprises an uniform resource locator (URL), the URL comprises a service root portion and a resource path portion, and the resource path portion identifies a particular resource of a data structure, wherein the virtual service further comprises a data model corresponding to the particular data service;

verifying syntax of at least the resource path portion based on a particular protocol using a data model;

verifying consistency of the resource path portion with a structure of the data model corresponding to the particular data service, wherein the service model identifies the data model;

performing a query of a database using the virtual service based on contents of at least the resource path portion;

generating, at the virtual service, a simulated response of the particular data service to the request using results of the query; and

sending the simulated response to the software component in lieu of an actual response by the particular data service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular protocol comprises an Open Data (OData) protocol and verifying the syntax comprises determining whether the URL is compliant with OData syntax.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the simulated response emulates an OData response.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the URL further comprises a query option portion.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the query option portion indicates one of an amount of data, an order of data, a filter, and an operator to be applied in a query of the particular resource.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource path portion identifies one of an entity set, entity, and a property of an entity.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the structure of the data model defines entity sets, entities, and entity properties of the data structure.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the structure of the data model comprises a plurality of entity sets.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the structure of the data model defines relationships between a plurality of entities defined in the data structure.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein verifying consistency with the structure of the data model comprises determining whether entities, properties, and relationships indicated in the URL are consistent with entities, properties, and relationships defined in the data model.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein verifying consistency with the structure of the data model is further based on correct ordering of terms in the resource path portion.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the data model is a particular one of a plurality of data models and the method further comprises identifying that the particular data model corresponds to the particular data service.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the query comprises translating the URL into a Structured Query Language (SQL) query based at least in part on content of the resource path portion and sending the SQL query to a database management system of the database.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the service root portion corresponds to an address of the particular data service.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is intended for the particular data service and redirected to the virtual service.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual service stands in for the particular data service.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the request comprises a first request and the first request comprises one of a create, update, or delete request and performing the query modifies the particular resource.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving a second request at the virtual service, the second request comprising a URL identifying the particular resource;

verifying syntax of the URL of the second request;

verifying consistency of the URL of the second request with the structure of the data model corresponding to the particular data service; and

performing another query of the database based on contents of the URL of the second request, wherein the other query is directed to the modified particular resource; and

generating another simulated response of the particular data structure to the second request based on results of the other query.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions stored therein, wherein the program instructions are executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request from a software component at a virtual service, wherein the virtual service simulates particular data service, the virtual service is instantiated from a service model, the service model is based at least in part on previously observed request-response pairs involving the particular data service, the service model models response behavior of the particular data service based on the previously observed request response pairs, the request comprises an uniform resource locator (URL), the URL comprises a service root portion and a resource path portion, and the resource path portion identifies a particular resource of a data structure;

verifying, at the virtual service, syntax of at least the resource path portion based on a particular protocol;

verifying, at the virtual service, consistency of the resource path portion with a structure of a data model corresponding to the particular data service, wherein the service model identifies the data model;

performing, using the virtual service, a query of a database based on contents of at least the resource path portion;

generating, at the virtual service, a simulated response of the particular data service to the request using results of the query; and

sending the simulated response from the virtual service to the software component in lieu of an actual response by the particular data service.

20. A system comprising:

a data processor;

a memory, wherein the memory stores a virtual service model;

a database; and

a virtual service engine to host a virtual service simulating a particular data service, wherein the virtual service is derived from the virtual service model, the virtual service model comprises a definition of a particular data model of the particular data service, and the virtual service is to;

receive a request comprising an uniform resource locator (URL), the URL comprises a service root portion and a resource path portion, and the resource path portion identifies a particular resource of a data structure;

verify syntax of at least the resource path portion based on a particular protocol;

verify consistency of the resource path portion with a structure of the particular data model corresponding to the particular data service;

perform a query of the database based on contents of at least the resource path portion;

generate a simulated response of the particular data service to the request using results of the query; and

send the simulated response to a software component in lieu of an actual response by the particular data service.