Method for Determining Relationship Data Associated with Application Programs

• US 20110067036A1
• Filed: 09/16/2010
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Potter, Gavin, Hickford, Matthew, Mathias, Nicholas, Whitehead, Matthew, Warrillow, Edward, Wilkinson, Stuart
• Application Number:
  US12/883,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20110067036A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/314
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/00 Maps; Plans; Charts; Diagrams, e.g. route diagram star maps G09B27/04; devices for holding or supporting maps A47B97/02; for computing purposes G06G1/14, G09B1/16; display boards G09F

Abstract

A method for determining relationship data associated with application programs in a messaging system, comprising the steps of: responsive to at least one first message event sending a message from a first application to a first destination and at least one second message event retrieving, by a second application, the message from a second destination, intercepting message data associated with the message; analysing the intercepted message data in accordance with one or more rules in order to find one or more message parameters; and in response to finding the one or more message parameters, identifying the first message event and identifying the second message event, determining a relationship associated with the first application and the second application. An apparatus and computer program element for determining such relationship data are also provided.

Claims

1. A method performed by a data processing system for determining relationship data associated with application programs in a messaging system, comprising steps of:

responsive to at least one first message event sending a message from a first application to a first destination and at least one second message event retrieving, by a second application, the message from a second destination, the data processing system intercepting message data associated with the message;

the data processing system analysing the intercepted message data in accordance with one or more rules in order to find one or more message parameters; and

in response to finding the one or more message parameters, the data processing system identifying the first message event and identifying the second message event, and determining a relationship associated with the first application and the second application.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of:

using the determined relationship in order to generate a descriptor in accordance with a pre-configurable template.

3. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the descriptor is generated using WSDL.

4. A method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a step of:

using the generated descriptor for at least one of;

further relationship analysis;

impact analysis and visualisation of the relationship.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more message parameters comprises at least one of:

a message identifier;

a correlation identifier;

a destination identifier and a timestamp.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more rules are weighted.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein data associated with the first application, the second application and the message data are logged in a storage component.

8. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the messaging system comprises an asynchronous messaging system.

9. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first destination is the same as the second destination.

11. A computer program comprising program code means adapted to perform all the steps of claim 1 when said program is run on a computer.

10. An apparatus for determining relationship data associated with application programs in a messaging system, comprising:

a central processor unit (CPU), a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media;

first program instructions, responsive to at least one first message event sending a message from a first application to a first destination and at least one second message event retrieving, by a second application, the message from a second destination, to intercept message data associated with the message;

second program instructions to analyze the intercepted message data in accordance with one or more rules in order to find one or more message parameters; and

third program instructions, responsive to finding the one or more message parameters, to identify the first message event and identifying the second message event, and determine a relationship associated with the first application and the second application; and

wherein

the first, second and third program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.