System and method for software application scoping
First Claim
1. A system for application scoping in a server environment, comprising:
- an application server, together with a plurality of applications deployed on the application server, including for each application an enterprise archive file and a deployment descriptor file that specifies resources within the enterprise archive file;
a non-transitory computer readable medium that includes a directory tree stored thereon, wherein the directory tree further includesa global directory tree, that includes means for specifying resources that are accessible system-wide by all of the applications, anda plurality of application-private directory trees, including an application-private directory tree for each one of the plurality of applications, that specifies the resources in that application'"'"'s enterprise archive file that are private to that one application, wherein the application-private directory trees are created by the system at deployment time using information in the application deployment descriptor files; and
wherein the application server receives requests to access a resource, and looks up the resource in the application-private directory tree for that particular application, to provide access the resource in the application enterprise archive file.
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Abstract
A system and method for application scoping that can be added to the application model for an application server, making it less global-centric and more application-centric. The JNDI tree is configured to allow for an application-private JNDI section. This private JNDI section then acts as a private data repository for the application. Resources that are needed by the application can be stored in the application-specific JNDI tree, and thus “scoped” to that particular application. As applications are added to the system, they can be specified in this way. The overall result is fewer changes at the system-wide or global level. The application scoping features provided by the invention include: Use of application scoped JNDI tree; Application Scoped JDBC DataSources; and Application Scoped Security. Application scoped resources provide two primary advantages—Security, in that resources owned by one application can'"'"'t be used by another; and Simplified packaging and configuration.
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1. A system for application scoping in a server environment, comprising:
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an application server, together with a plurality of applications deployed on the application server, including for each application an enterprise archive file and a deployment descriptor file that specifies resources within the enterprise archive file; a non-transitory computer readable medium that includes a directory tree stored thereon, wherein the directory tree further includes a global directory tree, that includes means for specifying resources that are accessible system-wide by all of the applications, and a plurality of application-private directory trees, including an application-private directory tree for each one of the plurality of applications, that specifies the resources in that application'"'"'s enterprise archive file that are private to that one application, wherein the application-private directory trees are created by the system at deployment time using information in the application deployment descriptor files; and wherein the application server receives requests to access a resource, and looks up the resource in the application-private directory tree for that particular application, to provide access the resource in the application enterprise archive file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer executable method for application scoping, comprising the steps of:
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deploying a plurality of applications to an application server, including for each application an enterprise archive file and a deployment descriptor file that specifies resources within the enterprise archive file; storing in a non-transitory computer readable medium a directory tree, wherein the directory tree further includes a global directory tree, that includes means for specifying resources that are accessible system-wide by all of the applications, and a plurality of application-private directory trees, including an application-private directory tree for each one of the plurality of applications, that specifies the resources in that application'"'"'s enterprise archive file that are private to that one application, wherein the application-private directory trees are created by the system at deployment time using information in the application deployment descriptor files; and receiving requests to access a resource, and looking up the resource in the application-private directory tree for that particular application, to provide access the resource in the application enterprise archive file. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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