ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENFORCING THE INCLUSION OF TESTS IN A DEVELOPED APPLICATION

• US 20090049102A1
• Filed: 08/15/2008
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Weissman, Craig
• Granted Patent: US 8,799,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for enforcing the inclusion of tests in a developed application. These mechanisms and methods for providing such enforcement can enable embodiments to ensure that new versions of developed applications will operate in the same application environment of a previous version. The ability of embodiments to enforce the inclusion of tests may lead to an improved application migration development/runtime framework, etc.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a developed application at an on-demand database service;

determining whether at least one test is provided; and

conditionally validating the developed application based on the determination.

2. The method of claim 1, and further comprising additionally determining whether the at least one test meets predetermined criteria.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein it is additionally determined whether the at least one test adequately tests whether the developed application is capable of executing a predetermined version thereof.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the developed application is conditionally validated based on the additional determination.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one test tests whether the developed application is capable of invoking different portions of program instructions based on a determined version.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one test tests whether the application is capable of operation such that a first portion of the program instructions is invoked if, during runtime, it is determined that a first version of the program instructions is to be invoked, and a second portion of the program instructions is invoked if, during runtime, it is determined that a second version of the program instructions is to be invoked.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first version of the program instructions and the second version of the program instructions are both included with the developed application.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the first version of the program instructions and the second version of the program instructions differ with respect to at least one method, at least one class, or at least one variable.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein it is determined whether the at least one test is included with the developed application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the on-demand database service includes a multi-tenant on-demand service.

11. A machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

receiving a developed application at an on-demand database service;

determining whether at least one test is provided; and

conditionally validating the developed application based on the determination.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of;

receiving a developed application at an on-demand database service;

determining whether at least one test is provided; and

conditionally validating the developed application based on the determination.

13. A method for transmitting code for use in a multi-tenant database system on a transmission medium, the method comprising:

transmitting code for receiving a developed application at an on-demand database service;

transmitting code for determining whether at least one test is provided; and

transmitting code for conditionally validating the developed application based on the determination.

14. The method of claim 13, and further comprising transmitting code for additionally determining whether the at least one test meets predetermined criteria.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein it is additionally determined whether the at least one test adequately tests whether the developed application is capable of executing a predetermined version thereof.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the developed application is conditionally validated based on the additional determination.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one test tests whether the developed application is capable of invoking different portions of program instructions based on a determined version.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one test tests whether the application is capable of operation such that a first portion of the program instructions is invoked if, during runtime, it is determined that a first version of the program instructions is to be invoked, and a second portion of the program instructions is invoked if, during runtime, it is determined that a second version of the program instructions is to be invoked.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first version of the program instructions and the second version of the program instructions are both included with the developed application.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the first version of the program instructions and the second version of the program instructions differ with respect to at least one method, at least one class, or at least one variable.