System and Method for Analyzing HTTP Sessions

• US 20080098119A1
• Filed: 09/24/2007
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Concentrix CVG Customer Management Delaware LLC (Synnex Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Convergys Customer Management Delaware LLC (Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jindal, Rahul, Sauer, Mike, Aggarwal, Rohit
• Granted Patent: US 8,166,460 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality

Abstract

Software intended to operate in a clustered environment can be tested for appropriate failover behavior through the use of an automated tool which allows failover to be simulated without requiring that the application be deployed in a cluster environment and observing the effects of actual failover. Such an automated tool can measure the characteristics of one or more session objects created by the application and provide appropriate messages for a developer when those characteristics indicate improper coding for failover.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium having a set of data stored thereon, said set of data operable to configure a computer to perform a set of acts comprising:

a) receiving a session object, wherein said session object comprises one or more subobjects;

b) serializing said session object, wherein serializing said session object comprises serializing said one or more subobjects;

c) detecting a serialization error in a subobject from said one or more subobjects;

d) providing a serialization error message identifying the subobject for which the serialization error was detected;

e) deserializing said session object, wherein deserializing said session object comprising deserializing said one or more subobjects;

f) detecting a deserialization error in a subobject from said one or more subobjects; and

g) providing a deserialization error message identifying the subobject for which the deserialization error was detected.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein said session object comprises a plurality of subobjects.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein said set of data is operable to configure the computer to perform the acts of serializing the session object and deserializing the session object in response to a page request.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein said set of data is operable to configure the computer to perform the acts of serializing the session object and deserializing the session object during a session between a user and an application.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 4 wherein said session is a simulated session.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 4 wherein said session comprises a plurality of page requests and wherein said set of data is operable to configure the computer to perform the acts of serializing the session object and deserializing the session object in response to each page request from said plurality of page requests.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 4 wherein said session takes place during a single connection.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein said set of data is operable to cause a computer to perform the acts of serializing and deserializing said session object in conjunction with a development environment.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8 wherein said set of data further comprises code for said development environment.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein said session object further comprises a transient, and wherein said set of acts the set of data is operable to configure the computer to perform further comprises reading a set of configuration information identifying said transient.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein serializing and deserializing said session object comprises nullifying said transient.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein, prior to the acts of serializing and deserializing the session objects, said transient has a first value and wherein said set of acts the set of data is operable to configure the computer to perform comprises providing an indication to a user if said first value is not restored to said transient after said acts of serializing and deserializing said session object.

13. A computer readable medium having a set of data stored thereon operable to configure a computer to perform a set of acts comprising:

a) presenting an interface to a user, said interface designed to allow said user to configure a set of tolerances for a session object;

b) providing a tolerance message if said session object has an attribute outside said set of tolerances during a session between a user and an application; and

c) detecting a change made to said session object during the session and providing a change message unless said change is made via an approved method from a set of approved methods.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein said session object comprises a plurality of subobjects.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein providing a tolerance message comprises providing a list of said subobjects, and wherein said list comprises an indication of a contribution of each of said subobjects to said attribute outside of said set of tolerances.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein said set of tolerances comprises a size tolerance.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the interface is further designed to allow said user to configure said set of approved methods.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein said session takes place during a single connection.