Method and system to implement a deploy service to perform deployment services to extend and enhance functionalities of deployed applications

• US 7,735,097 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2004
• Issued: 06/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Kovachka-Dimitrova, Monika M., Angelova, Rumiana G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Van H
• Application Number:
  US10/853,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20060037030A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,206 Days
• Field of Search: 719/310, 719/315, 719/328, 719/330, 719/316, 709/203, 709/217, 714/38
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

A system and method are described for implementing and using a deploy system for deployment of entities. In one embodiment, a deploy service is implemented as a module on a J2EE engine to perform deployment services on a container on the J2EE engine. The deployment services include deploying one or more entities on the container which includes a J2EE container and/or a non-J2EE container.

Claims

1. A method for implementing and using a deploy system for deployment of entities, comprising:

deploying first components at a first container corresponding to a first software application associated with a first programming engine, the first components relating to the first software application;

deploying second components at a second container corresponding to a second software application associated with a second programming engine, the second components relating to the second software application, the first and second components including deployment components to perform deployment services relating to the first and second software applications at an application server of a computer system; and

establishing a communication interface to facilitate bi-directional communication between the first software application and the second software application such that the first software application accesses one or more of the deployed second components at the second container, and the second software application accesses one or more of the deployed first components at the first container,

wherein the first container is a Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) container,

wherein the communication interface includes one or more of a deploy service application programming interface (API), a container API, and a deploy callback API, and

wherein the deployment services include one or more of a start operation, a stop operation, a remove operation, and an update operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first programming engine includes an Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) engine, and the second programming engine includes a Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) engine.

3. A system including at least one processor for implementing and using a deploy system for deployment of entities, comprising:

a server computer system in a network of server computer systems, the server computer system including an application server to deploy first components at a first container corresponding to a first software application associated with a first programming engine, the first components relating to the first software application;

deploy second components at a second container corresponding to a second software application associated with a second programming engine, the second components relating to the second software application, the first and second components including deployment components to perform deployment services relating to the first and second software applications; and

establish a communication interface to facilitate bi-directional communication between the first software application and the second software application such that the first software application accesses one or more of the deployed second components at the second container, and the second software application accesses one or more of the deployed first components at the first container,

wherein the first container is a Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) container,

wherein the communication interface includes one or more of a deploy service application programming interface (API), a container API, or a deploy callback API, and

wherein the deployment services include one or more of a start operation, a stop operation, a remove operation, and an update operation.

4. A machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to:

deploy first components at a first container corresponding to a first software application associated with a first programming engine, the first components relating to the first software application;

deploy second components at a second container corresponding to a second software application associated with a second programming engine, the second components relating to the second software application, the first and second components including deployment components to perform deployment services relating to the first and second software applications at an application server of a computer system; and

establish a communication interface to facilitate bi-directional communication between the first software application and the second software application such that the first software application accesses one or more of the deployed second components at the second container, and the second software application accesses one or more of the deployed first components at the first container,

wherein the first container is a Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE),

wherein the communication interface includes one or more of the following;

a deploy service application programming interface (API), a container API, and a deploy callback API, and

wherein the deployment services include one or more of a start operation, a stop operation, a remove operation, and an update operation.

5. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the first programming engine includes an Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) engine, and the second programming engine includes a Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) engine.