Methods, systems and computer program products for application name and client ID pairing in a message connection

• US 8,261,293 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2008
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Fletcher, Benjamin J., Gale, Martin J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Lechi
• Application Number:
  US12/176,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20100017808A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,506 Days
• Field of Search: 719/313, 719/321, 719/328, 719/330
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment includes a method for pairing an application name and a client ID in a messaging broker infrastructure, the method including running a messaging system associated with the messaging broker infrastructure running a monitoring application configured to monitor a connection to the messaging broker, creating a connection to the messaging broker, identifying a class name and the client ID associated with an application, converting the class name to an application name and publishing a pairing of the application name and the client ID on the messaging infrastructure.

Claims

1. A method for pairing an application name and a client ID in a messaging broker infrastructure, the method comprising:

running a messaging system associated with the messaging broker infrastructure;

running a monitoring application configured to monitor a connection to the messaging broker;

creating a connection to the messaging broker;

identifying a class name and the client ID associated with an application making a call over the connection, the application on top of a runtime;

in response to the application making the call over the connection, correlating the connection and the application;

determining if the connection is associated with the application or with the runtime;

in response to a problem with the connection, identifying the application as affected by the problem regardless of whether the connection is associated with the application or the runtime;

converting the class name to an application name; and

publishing a pairing of the application name and the client ID on the messaging infrastructure;

sending a notification that the pairing of the application name and the client ID has an expiration.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the monitoring application is a JVM monitor.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising sending an alert that of the pairing of the application name and the client ID on the messaging infrastructure.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising monitoring at least one of the connection to the messaging broker and the application for at least one of a graceful and unexpected closure.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the monitoring application monitors the application via networking libraries.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the monitoring application monitors the application by opening and including application programming interfaces on system calls.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein the system calls are networking calls.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the monitoring application monitors the application and establishes the connection by accessing a network layer of the messaging broker infrastructure.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 wherein the monitoring application pairs the application name and the client ID by accessing the network layer of the messaging broker infrastructure.

10. A computer program product for pairing an application name and a client ID in a messaging broker infrastructure, the computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

running a messaging system associated with the messaging broker infrastructure;

running a monitoring application configured to monitor a connection to the messaging broker;

creating a connection to the messaging broker;

identifying a class name and the client ID associated with an application making a call over the connection, the application on top of a runtime;

in response to the application making the call over the connection, correlating the connection and the application;

determining if the connection is associated with the application or with the runtime;

in response to a problem with the connection, identifying the application as affected by the problem regardless of whether the connection is associated with the application or the runtime;

converting the class name to an application name; and

publishing a pairing of the application name and the client ID on the messaging infrastructure;

sending a notification that the pairing of the application name and the client ID has an expiration.

11. The computer program product as claimed in claim 10 wherein the monitoring application is a JVM monitor.

12. The computer program product as claimed in claim 10 wherein the method further comprises sending an alert that of the pairing of the application name and the client ID on the messaging infrastructure.

13. The computer program product as claimed in claim 10 wherein the method further comprises monitoring at least one of the connection to the messaging broker and the application for at least one of a graceful and unexpected closure.

14. The computer program product as claimed in claim 10 wherein the monitoring application monitors the application via networking libraries.

15. The computer program product as claimed in claim 10 wherein the monitoring application monitors the application by opening and including application programming interfaces on system calls.

16. The computer program product as claimed in claim 15 wherein the system calls are networking calls.

17. The computer program product as claimed in claim 10 wherein the monitoring application monitors the application and establishes the connection by accessing a network layer of the messaging broker infrastructure.

18. A system for pairing an application name and a client ID in a messaging broker infrastructure, the system comprising:

a processor;

an application for causing the processor to;

run a messaging system associated with the messaging broker infrastructure;

run a monitoring application configured to monitor a connection to the messaging broker;

create a connection to the messaging broker;

identify a class name and the client ID associated with an application making a call over the connection, the application on top of a runtime;

in response to the application making the call over the connection, correlating the connection and the application;

determining if the connection is associated with the application or with the runtime;

in response to a problem with the connection, identifying the application as affected by the problem regardless of whether the connection is associated with the application or the runtime;

convert the class name to an application name; and

publish a pairing of the application name and the client ID on the messaging infrastructure;

sending a notification that the pairing of the application name and the client ID has an expiration.