SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-TENANCY ENABLEMENT OF ENTERPRISE JAVA APPLICATIONS USING RESOURCE PROXIES AND APPLICATION TENANCY CONTEXT

• US 20160142506A1
• Filed: 12/17/2015
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: SAHOO, SANJEEB, Thyagarajan, Sivakumar, Ramu, Jagadish
• Granted Patent: US 10,091,135 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/828 Allocation of resources per group of connections, e.g. per group of users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/566 Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for multi-tenancy enablement of enterprise Java™ applications using resource proxies and application tenancy context. In according with an embodiment, the system and method can provide a plurality of deployable resources which can be used within the application server environment, and one or more application deployments, wherein each application deployment includes at least one of tenant-specific code and shared-tenant code. The system and method can further determine an application tenancy context of a thread, and point to one or more resource proxies, each of the one or more resource proxies being configurable to communicate with a tenant specific resource. Each of the one or more resource proxies can use the application tenancy context of a thread to communicate with a tenant specific resource.

Claims

1. A method for deployment of a multi-tenant application, comprising:

providing, at one or more computers, including an application server environment executing thereon,

one or more application deployments, wherein each of the one or more application deployments includes at least one of tenant-specific code and shared-tenant code;

determining an application tenancy context of a thread; and

pointing to a resource proxy, the resource proxy being configurable to communicate with at least one tenant specific resource, each of the at least one tenant specific resources associated with a tenant; and

wherein the resource proxy uses the application tenancy context of a thread to communicate with the at least one tenant specific resource.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource proxy is further configurable to communicate with at least one global resource.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a global application is provided, the global application configured to on-board at least one tenant into the application server environment.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein one or more partitions are provided in the application server environment, and wherein each of the one or more application deployments comprises an administrative subdivision and a runtime subdivision of a domain for use by a tenant.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein each partition is configurable to host a tenant, wherein the global application is further configured to on-board at least one tenant into a partition, and wherein the runtime subdivision of each application deployment comprises at least one of shared-tenant runtime, tenant scoped runtime, and administrative runtime.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the application tenancy context of a thread is based on at least a current application tenant.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more application deployments further includes administrative code.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the system determines the application tenancy context of a thread based on at least a current application tenant.

8. A system for deployment of a multi-tenant application, comprising:

one or more computers, including an application server environment executing thereon, together with

one or more application deployments, wherein each application deployment includes at least one of tenant-specific code and shared-tenant code;

wherein the system determines an application tenancy context of a thread;

wherein the system further points to a resource proxy, the resource proxy being configurable to communicate with at least one tenant specific resource, each of the at least one tenant specific resources associated with a tenant; and

wherein the resource uses the application tenancy context of a thread to communicate with the at least one tenant specific resource.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the resource proxy is further configurable to communicate with at least one global resource.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein a global application is provided, the global application configured to on-board at least one tenant into the application server environment.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein one or more partitions are provided in the application server environment, and wherein each of the one or more application deployments comprises an administrative subdivision and a runtime subdivision of a domain for use by a tenant.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein each partition is configurable to host a tenant, wherein the global application is further configured to on-board at least one tenant into a partition, and wherein the runtime subdivision of each application deployment comprises at least one of shared-tenant runtime, tenant scoped runtime, and administrative runtime.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the one or more application deployments further includes administrative code.

15. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions stored there that when executed cause a system to perform the steps comprising:

providing, at one or more computers, including an application server environment executing thereon,

one or more application deployments, wherein each of the one or more application deployments includes at least one of tenant-specific code and shared-tenant code;

determining an application tenancy context of a thread; and

pointing to a resource proxy, the resource proxy being configurable to communicate with at least one tenant specific resource, each of the at least one tenant specific resources associated with a tenant; and

wherein the resource proxy uses the application tenancy context of a thread to communicate with the at least one tenant specific resource.

16. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the resource proxy is further configurable to communicate with at least one global resource.

17. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein a global application is provided, the global application configured to on-board at least one tenant into the application server environment. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein one or more partitions are provided in the application server environment, and wherein each of the one or more application deployments comprises an administrative subdivision and a runtime subdivision of a domain for use by a tenant.

20. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the determining the application tenancy context of a thread is based on at least a current application tenant.

19. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein each partition is configurable to host a tenant, wherein the global application is further configured to on-board at least one tenant into a partition, and wherein the runtime subdivision of each application deployment comprises at least one of shared-tenant runtime, tenant scoped runtime, and administrative runtime.