METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING HOW TO TRANSFORM APPLICATIONS INTO TRANSACTIONAL APPLICATIONS

• US 20100306266A1
• Filed: 05/29/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Little, Mark Cameron
• Granted Patent: US 8,495,103 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/523 Mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/466 Transaction processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/526 Mutual exclusion algorithms

Abstract

A computing device monitors an application that includes at least one object over a time period. The computing device identifies a usage pattern of the at least one object over the time period. The computing device recommends, based on the usage pattern, at least one of a) that the at least one object be converted to a transactional object and b) a locking strategy for the at least one object.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

monitoring an application by a computing device, the application including at least one object;

identifying, by the computing device, a usage pattern of the at least one object; and

recommending, based on the usage pattern, at least one of a) that the at least one object be converted to a transactional object and b) a locking strategy for the at least one object.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a report that illustrates the usage pattern of the at least one object, the report including the recommendations; and

graphically displaying the report.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

making a determination that the at least one object satisfies transaction criteria based on the usage pattern; and

modifying the at least one object to cause it to become a transactional object in response to the determination.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the transaction criteria include one or more of concurrent access attempts by the at least one object and another object to a data item, concurrent attempts to access the object, use of a message service by the at least one object, and interaction with an additional object by the at least one object.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one object is modified using a transactional container that acts as a proxy for the at least one object and that performs transaction related functions for the object.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying a current locking strategy of the at least one object when the current locking strategy is different from the recommended locking strategy.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein modifying the current locking strategy includes changing the current locking strategy from a read lock to a write lock or changing the current locking strategy from a write lock to a read lock.

8. A computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform a method, comprising:

monitoring an application by a computing device, the application including at least one object;

identifying, by the computing device, a usage pattern of the at least one object; and

recommending, based on the usage pattern, at least one of a) that the at least one object be converted to a transactional object and b) a locking strategy for the at least one object.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, the method further comprising:

generating a report that illustrates the usage pattern of the at least one object, the report including the recommendations; and

graphically displaying the report.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, the method further comprising:

making a determination that the at least one object satisfies transaction criteria based on the usage pattern; and

modifying the at least one object to cause it to become a transactional object in response to the determination.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the transaction criteria include one or more of concurrent access attempts by the at least one object and another object to a data item, concurrent attempts to access the object, use of a message service by the at least one object, and interaction with an additional object by the at least one object.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the at least one object is modified using a transactional container that acts as a proxy for the at least one object and that performs transaction related functions for the object.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, the method further comprising:

modifying a current locking strategy of the at least one object when the current locking strategy is different from the recommended locking strategy.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein modifying the current locking strategy includes changing the current locking strategy from a read lock to a write lock or changing the current locking strategy from a write lock to a read lock.

15. A computing apparatus, comprising:

a memory including instructions for an application optimizer; and

a processing device, connected with the memory, to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions cause the processing device to;

monitor an application that includes at least one object;

identify a usage pattern of the at least one object; and

recommend, based on the usage pattern, at least one of a) that the at least one object be converted to a transactional object and b) a locking strategy for the at least one object.

16. The computing apparatus of claim 15, the instructions further to cause the processing device to:

generate a report that illustrates the usage pattern of the at least one object, the report including the recommendations; and

graphically display the report.

17. The computing apparatus of claim 15, the instructions further to cause the processing device to:

make a determination that the at least one object satisfies transaction criteria based on the usage pattern; and

modify the at least one object to cause it to become a transactional object in response to the determination.

18. The computing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the transaction criteria include one or more of concurrent access attempts by the at least one object and another object to a data item, concurrent attempts to access the object, use of a message service by the at least one object, and interaction with an additional object by the at least one object.

19. The computing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one object is modified using a transactional container that acts as a proxy for the at least one object and that performs transaction related functions for the object.

20. The computing apparatus of claim 15, the instructions further to cause the processing device to:

modify a current locking strategy of the at least one object when the current locking strategy is different from the recommended locking strategy.

21. The computing apparatus of claim 20, wherein modifying the current locking strategy includes changing the current locking strategy from a read lock to a write lock or changing the current locking strategy from a write lock to a read lock.