MULTI-TENANT CUSTOMIZABLE COMPOSITES

• US 20170091231A1
• Filed: 09/16/2016
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Lin, Michelle, Lee, Gigi, DiFranco, David Edward, Sengupta, Aninda, Weng, Sherry
• Granted Patent: US 10,909,186 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/211 Schema design and management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Systems and methods for supporting multi-tenancy in a multi-tenant application server environment are provided. A first partition in a multi-tenant server environment can include a first composite and the first composite includes first metadata that is configured to be customized for a first tenant of the first partition. A second partition in the multi-tenant server environment can include a second composite and the second composite includes second metadata that is configured to be customized for a second tenant of the second partition. A global runtime in the multi-tenant server environment can include a global composite and the global composite include global metadata that is configured to be shared by the first partition and the second partition.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a memory and one or more processors;

a first partition in a multi-tenant server environment comprising a first composite, wherein the first composite comprises first metadata that is configured to be customized for a first tenant of the first partition;

a second partition in the multi-tenant server environment comprising a second composite, wherein the second composite comprises second metadata that is configured to be customized for a second tenant of the second partition; and

a global runtime in the multi-tenant server environment comprising a global composite, wherein the global composite comprises global metadata that is configured to be shared by the first partition and the second partition.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the global metadata is modified by the first tenant to create the first metadata and wherein the global metadata is modified by the second tenant to create the second metadata.

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first database configured to store the first metadata;

a second database configured to store the second metadata; and

a global database configured to store the global metadata;

wherein the first database, the second database and the third database are different from each other.

4. The system according to claim 3, further comprising:

a global memory portion of the global runtime configured reference the global metadata in the global database,

a first memory portion of the first partition configured to reference the first metadata in the first database and the global metadata in the global database; and

a second memory portion of the second partition configured to reference the second metadata in the second database and the global metadata in the global database.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first composite, the second composite and the third composite comprise one of a component, a service, and a reference.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first composite, the second composite and the third composite are service-oriented architecture (SOA) composites.

7. The system according to claim 4, wherein during runtime of the server container, if a process of the system is invoked by the first tenant, the metadata in the first memory portion is applied before the metadata in the global memory portion is applied.

8. The system according to claim 4, wherein during runtime of the server container if a process is invoked by the second tenant, the metadata in the second memory portion is applied before the metadata in the global memory portion is applied.

9. The system according to claim 5, wherein the component comprises one of business process execution language (BPEL) information, mediator information, business activity monitoring (BAM) information, business rule information, human workflow information and composite application deployment information.

10. A method comprising:

at a computer system having a processor and a memory;

configuring a first composite of a first partition in a multi-tenant server environment, wherein the first composite comprises first metadata that is configured to be customized for a first tenant of the first partition;

configuring a second composite of a second partition in the multi-tenant server environment, wherein the second composite comprises second metadata that is configured to be customized for a second tenant of the second partition; and

configuring a global composite of a global runtime in the multi-tenant server environment, wherein the global composite comprises global metadata that is configured to be shared by the first partition and the second partition.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the global metadata is modified by the first tenant to create the first metadata and wherein the global metadata is modified by the second tenant to create the second metadata.

12. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

configuring a first database to store the first metadata;

configuring a second database to store the second metadata; and

configuring a global database to store the global metadata;

wherein the first database, the second database and the third database are different from each other.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

configuring a global memory portion of the global runtime to reference the global metadata in the global database,

configuring a first memory portion of the first partition to reference the first metadata in the first database and the global metadata in the global database; and

configuring a second memory portion of the second partition to reference the second metadata in the second database and the global metadata in the global database.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first composite, the second composite and the third composite comprise one of a component, a service, and a reference.

15. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first composite, the second composite and the third composite are service-oriented architecture (SOA) composites.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein during runtime of the server container, if a process of the system is invoked by the first tenant, the metadata in the first memory portion is applied before the metadata in the global memory portion is applied.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein during runtime of the server container if a process is invoked by the second tenant, the metadata in the second memory portion is applied before the metadata in the global memory portion is applied.

18. The method according to claim 14, wherein the component comprises one of business process execution language (BPEL) information, mediator information, business activity monitoring (BAM) information, business rule information, human workflow information and composite application deployment information.

19. A computer-readable memory comprising a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

configure a first composite of a first partition in a multi-tenant server environment, wherein the first composite comprises first metadata that is configured to be customized for a first tenant of the first partition;

configure a second composite of a second partition in the multi-tenant server environment comprising, wherein the second composite comprises second metadata that is configured to be customized for a second tenant of the second partition; and

configure a global composite of a global runtime in the multi-tenant server environment comprising, wherein the global composite comprises global metadata that is configured to be shared by the first partition and the second partition.

20. The computer-readable memory according to claim 19, wherein the global metadata is modified by the first tenant to create the first metadata and wherein the global metadata is modified by the second tenant to create the second metadata.