Providing Registration of a Communication

• US 20080307395A1
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Colle, Renzo, Zoch, Daniel, Saterdag, Henrik
• Granted Patent: US 8,321,844 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/128
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3466 Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for providing registration of a communication includes locating a reference in metadata for an object-processing framework. The reference identifies a portion of logic that performs a specific service. The method includes storing at least part of the located reference in a trace object. The method includes replacing the located reference in the metadata with a reference to the trace object.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing registration of a communication, the method comprising:

locating a reference in metadata for an object-processing framework, the reference identifying a portion of logic that performs a specific service;

storing at least part of the located reference in a trace object; and

replacing the located reference in the metadata with a reference to the trace object.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising performing, using the trace object, a tracing of a communication between the object-processing framework and the portion of logic.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising receiving, before performing the tracing, a request from a service consumer to provide the specific service, wherein the communication between the object-processing framework and the portion of logic is triggered by the request.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising generating a call to the trace object using the reference to the trace object, the call requesting the specific service to be performed and being part of the communication between the object-processing framework and the portion of logic, wherein the tracing is performed in response to the call.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising generating a call to the portion of logic using the reference stored in the trace object, the call to the portion of logic requesting the specific service to be performed and being part of the communication between the object-processing framework and the portion of logic.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the tracing comprises recording at least one aspect of the communication selected from:

a number of calls made;

an analysis of application behavior;

identification of a runtime; and

combinations thereof.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the communication includes a call-back reference identifying an interface of the object-processing framework to be used for a response from the portion of logic, and wherein the response is traced using the call-back reference.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

replacing, in information sent by the object-processing framework to the trace object, the call-back reference with the reference to the trace object; and

forwarding to the portion of logic the information including the reference to the trace object.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising subsequently replacing the reference to the trace object in the metadata with the reference to the portion of logic.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the tracing is performed in a loop to register communications regarding multiple requests for the specific service.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the specific service involves a call for another service, further comprising performing another tracing for the call to the other service.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the object-processing framework and the portion of logic include a plurality of interfaces for communicating, and wherein the trace object is configured to be used in performing tracing in communications between any of the interfaces.

13. A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method for providing registration of a communication, the method comprising:

locating a reference in metadata for an object-processing framework, the reference identifying a portion of logic that performs a specific service;

storing at least part of the located reference in a trace object; and

replacing the located reference in the metadata with a reference to the trace object.

14. A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method for providing registration of a communication, the method comprising:

(i) performing a tracing setup procedure that includes;

locating, in metadata that forms a configuration for an object-processing framework, a reference that identifies a portion of logic as performing a specific service;

storing at least part of the located reference in a trace object that is configured to cause tracing upon receiving a call from the object-processing framework; and

replacing the reference in the metadata with a reference to the trace object such that the trace object will be called when the specific service is requested; and

(ii) performing, after the tracing setup procedure, a tracing procedure that includes;

receiving a request from a service consumer to provide the specific service;

locating, in response to the request, the reference to the trace object in the configuration;

generating a call to the trace object using the reference to the trace object, the call requesting the specific service to be performed;

performing the tracing, including recording at least one aspect of the generated call to the trace object; and

generating a call to the portion of logic requesting that the portion of logic perform the specific service, the call to the portion of logic generated using the reference stored in the trace object.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the communication includes a call-back reference identifying an interface of the object-processing framework to be used for a response from the portion of logic, and wherein the response is traced using the call-back reference.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

replacing, in information sent by the object-processing framework to the trace object, the call-back reference with the reference to the trace object; and

forwarding to the portion of logic the information including the reference to the trace object.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the object-processing framework and the portion of logic include a plurality of interfaces for communicating, and wherein the trace object is configured to be used in performing tracing in communications between any of the interfaces.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

(iii) performing a tracing deactivation procedure that includes;

subsequently replacing the reference to the trace object in the metadata with the reference to the portion of logic.