SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONFIGURATION MODULARITY IN AN APPLICATION SERVER, CLOUD PLATFORM, OR OTHER ENVIRONMENT

• US 20150089031A1
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Kalali, Masoud
• Granted Patent: US 9,898,344 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5096 wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing configuration modularity in an application server, cloud platform, or other environment. For example, in a cloud computing environment, application server modules, e.g., WebLogic Server or GlassFish modules, can be embedded within the environment to provide various cloud platform functionalities. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a configuration modularity logic for use in determining, for a particular application or service deployment, a configuration of application, module or service components, including determining if a configuration is provided by a global or domain configuration, determining if annotations are provided by the particular application or service deployment for use in configuring the application, module or service components, and/or determining if a default configuration is provided for use with the particular application or service deployment.

Claims

1. A system for providing configuration modularity in an application server, cloud platform, or other environment, comprising:

one or more computers including an application server or cloud environment executing thereon that supports provisioning of enterprise applications as services; and

a configuration modularity logic for use in determining, for a particular application or service deployment, a configuration of application, module or service components, including

determining if a configuration is provided by a global or domain configuration,

determining if annotations are provided by the particular application or service deployment for use in configuring the application, module or service components, and

determining if a default configuration is provided for use with the particular application or service deployment.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the application server or cloud environment includes one or more modules associated with a configuration file that provides configuration data for those modules and that is used by the configuration modularity logic to configure the modules for use within the application server or cloud environment.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes the application server, and wherein the system uses the configuration modularity logic to configure config beans for use by applications or modules deployed within the application server environment.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes the cloud environment, and wherein the system uses the configuration modularity logic to configure service definition packages for use by services deployed within the cloud environment.

5. A method of providing configuration modularity in an application server, cloud platform, or other environment, comprising:

providing, at one or more computers including an application server or cloud environment executing thereon that supports provisioning of enterprise applications as services, a configuration modularity logic; and

determining, by the configuration modularity logic for a particular application or service deployment, a configuration of application, module or service components, including

determining if a configuration is provided by a global or domain configuration,

determining if annotations are provided by the particular application or service deployment for use in configuring the application, module or service components, and

determining if a default configuration is provided for use with the particular application or service deployment.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the application server or cloud environment includes one or more modules associated with a configuration file that provides configuration data for those modules and that is used by the configuration modularity logic to configure the modules for use within the application server or cloud environment.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the method is performed with the application server, including using the configuration modularity logic to configure config beans for use by applications or modules deployed within the application server environment.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the method is performed with the cloud environment, including using the configuration modularity logic to configure service definition packages for use by services deployed within the cloud environment.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the method comprising:

providing, at one or more computers including an application server or cloud environment executing thereon that supports provisioning of enterprise applications as services, a configuration modularity logic; and

determining, by the configuration modularity logic for a particular application or service deployment, a configuration of application, module or service components, including

determining if a configuration is provided by a global or domain configuration,

determining if annotations are provided by the particular application or service deployment for use in configuring the application, module or service components, and

determining if a default configuration is provided for use with the particular application or service deployment.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the application server or cloud environment includes one or more modules associated with a configuration file that provides configuration data for those modules and that is used by the configuration modularity logic to configure the modules for use within the application server or cloud environment.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the method is performed with the application server, including using the configuration modularity logic to configure config beans for use by applications or modules deployed within the application server environment.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the method is performed with the cloud environment, including using the configuration modularity logic to configure service definition packages for use by services deployed within the cloud environment.