Server frame work for a database server

• US 20020120716A1
• Filed: 12/22/2000
• Published: 08/29/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Raghunathan, Balaji, Vaidya, Neelam N.
• Application Number:
  US09/747,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20020120716A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers

Abstract

Described herein is a framework for a server where data is accessed from a database server. In one embodiment, the database server stores data in a hierarchical manner, for instance using a DOM tree. In one embodiment of the present invention, one or more clients requests are made to a server for data stored using a DOM. The requests are separated into smaller units. Each smaller unit is then serviced in the order it is received. Thus, each client gets a more balanced distribution of services to its requests (i.e., one request is not completely fulfilled while others wait and remain unfulfilled).

Claims

1. A method for a server to handle one or more client requests comprising:

obtaining one or more of said client requests for hierarchically organized data at a server, dividing said client requests into one or more smaller units; and

servicing said units in order.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said client requests are in XML format.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said hierarchically organized data is stored using a Document Object Model.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said smaller units are placed in a queue.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said server is a registry server.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein said queue is handled using a FIFO scheduling algorithm.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said units are defined by an XML <

envelope>

and an XNL <

/envelope>

tag.

8. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein configured to cause a server to handle one or more client requests comprising;

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to obtain one or more of said client requests for hierarchically organized data at a server,

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to divide said client requests into one or more smaller units; and

computer readable code configured to cause a computer to service said units in order.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein said client requests are in XNL format.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein said hierarchically organized data is stored using a Document Object Model.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein said smaller units are placed in a queue.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein said server is a registry server.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein said queue is handled using a FIFO scheduling algorithm.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein said units are defined by an XML <

envelope>

and an XML <

/envelope>

tag.

16. The server framework of claim 15 wherein said client requests are in XML format.

17. The server framework of claim 15 wherein said hierarchically organized data is stored using a Document Object Model.

18. The server framework of claim 15 wherein said smaller units are placed in a queue.

19. The server framework of claim 15 wherein said server is a registry server.

20. The server framework of claim 18 wherein said queue is handled using a FIFO scheduling algorithm.

21. The server framework of claim 15 wherein said units are defined by an XML <

envelope>

and an XML <

/envelope>

tag.

15. A server framework comprising:

one or more client requests for hierarchically organized data from a server,

a thread pool object configured to divide said requests into one or more smaller units; and

one or more worker objects configured to service said units in order.

22. A system for implementing a server framework comprising:

one or more requests for hierarchically organized data transmitted from a client to a server;

a thread pool object configured to divide said requests into one or more smaller units; and

one or more worker objects configured to service said units in order.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein said requests are in XML format.

24. The system of claim 22 wherein said hierarchically organized data is stored using a Document Object Model.

25. The system of claim 22 wherein said smaller units are placed in a queue.

26. The system of claim 22 wherein said server is a registry server.

27. The system of claim 25 wherein said queue is handled using a FIFO scheduling algorithm.

28. The system of claim 22 wherein said units are defined by an XML <

envelope>

and an XML <

/envelope>

tag.

30. The apparatus of claim 29 wherein said requests are in XML format.

31. The apparatus of claim 29 wherein said hierarchically organized data is stored using a Document Object Model.

32. The apparatus of claim 29 wherein said smaller units are placed in a queue.

33. The apparatus of claim 29 wherein said server is a registry server.

34. The apparatus of claim 32 wherein said queue is handled using a FIFO scheduling algorithm.

35. The apparatus of claim 29 wherein said units are defined by an XML <

envelope>

and an XML <

/envelope>

tag.

29. An apparatus comprising:

one or more requests for hierarchically organized data transmitted from a client to a server;

a thread pool object configured to divide said requests into one or more smaller units; and

one or more worker objects configured to service said units in order.