Providing extensive ability for describing a management interface

• US 8,640,146 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2007
• Issued: 01/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Stark, Scott M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sough, H S
• Assistant Examiner(s): RONI, SYED A
• Application Number:
  US11/809,006
• Publication Number:
  US 20080301627A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,434 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 719/315
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/24 Object-oriented

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing a management interface to an application server to allow user access to managed properties of a deployment. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving metadata of a deployment describing managed properties, which are generated according to a user definition. The method further includes creating a management interface for the deployment to provide user access to the managed properties.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a profile service of an application server device from an end user, configuration information for a management interface associated with a deployment that provides a service for runtime operations on the application server device, the configuration information comprising selection of a subset of a plurality of properties of the deployment, the subset comprising properties of the plurality of properties identified by the end user as being of interest to the end user for viewing in the management interface associated with the deployment;

receiving, by the profile service from a structure deployer of a deployment layer of the application server device, metadata of the deployment that describes each of the plurality of properties of the deployment, wherein the deployment layer deploys the service onto a microcontainer (MC) kernel of the application server device, and wherein the structure deployer analyzes the structure of the deployment to generate the metadata associated with the plurality of properties;

generating, by the profile service, a first view of the deployment, the first view comprising all of the plurality of properties of the deployment;

passing, by the profile service, the first view of the deployment to the MC kernel for the runtime operations of the service of the deployment;

generating, by the profile service in view of the configuration information, a second view of the deployment, the second view comprising the subset of properties of the deployment;

integrating, by the profile service, the second view to define the management interface, wherein the management interface implemented as an aspect that addresses a cross-cutting concern of management of the deployment; and

providing, to the user by the profile service, access to the management interface.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a request from the user, the request to update the subset of properties; and

updating the subset of properties in response to the request from the user.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a query for the subset of properties; and

returning the subset of properties in response to the query.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the management interface comprises Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs).

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

incorporating a customized management interface into the deployment.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

in response to a change to the subset of properties, defining a transition from the subset of properties to a new subset of properties.

7. A system comprising:

a memory storing metadata that describes a subset of a plurality of properties of a deployment, wherein the deployment provides a service for runtime operation on the system and comprises the plurality of properties;

a processing device communicably coupled to the memory, the processing device configured to;

receive, by a profile service executed by the processing device from an end user, configuration information for a management interface associated with a deployment that provides a service for runtime operations on an application server device, the configuration information comprising selection of a subset of a plurality of properties of the deployment, the subset comprising properties of the plurality of properties identified by the end user as being of interest to the end user for viewing in the management interface associated with the deployment;

receive, from a structure deployer of a deployment layer of the system, metadata of the deployment that describes each of the plurality of properties of the deployment, wherein the deployment layer deploys the service onto a microcontainer (MC) kernel of the application server device, and wherein the structure deployer analyzes the structure of the deployment to generate the metadata associated with the plurality of properties;

generate, by the profile service, a first view of the deployment, the first view comprising all of the plurality of properties of the deployment;

pass, by the profile service, the first view of the deployment to the MC kernel for the runtime operations of the service of the deployment;

generate, by the profile service, in view of the configuration information, a second view of the deployment, the second view comprising the subset of properties of the deployment;

integrate, by the profile service, the second view to define the management interface, wherein the management interface implemented as an aspect that addresses a cross-cutting concern of management of the deployment; and

provide, to the user, access to the management interface.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the management interface comprises Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs).

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the management interface comprises a customized plug-in.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive a request from the user, the request to update the subset of properties; and

update the subset of properties in response to the request from the user.

11. A non-transitory machine-accessible storage medium including instructions that, when accessed by an application service device, cause the application service device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a profile service of the application server device from an end user, configuration information for a management interface associated with a deployment that provides a service for runtime operations on the application server device, the configuration information comprising selection of a subset of a plurality of properties of the deployment, the subset comprising properties of the plurality of properties identified by the end user as being of interest to the end user for viewing in the management interface associated with the deployment;

receiving, by the profile service from a structure deployer of a deployment layer of the application server device, metadata of the deployment that describes each of the plurality of properties of the deployment, wherein the deployment layer deploys the service onto a microcontainer (MC) kernel of the application server device, and wherein the structure deployer analyzes the structure of the deployment to generate the metadata associated with the plurality of properties;

generating, by the profile service, a first view of the deployment, the first view comprising all of the plurality of properties of the deployment;

passing, by the profile service, the first view of the deployment to the MC kernel for the runtime operations of the service of the deployment;

generating, by the profile service in view of the configuration information, a second view of the deployment, the second view comprising the subset of properties of the deployment;

integrating, by the profile service, the second view to define the management interface, wherein the management interface implemented as an aspect that addresses a cross-cutting concern of management of the deployment; and

providing, to the user by the profile service, access to the management interface.

12. The non-transitory machine-accessible storage medium of claim 11 wherein operations further comprise:

receiving a request from the user, the request to update the subset of properties; and

updating the subset of properties in response to the request from the user.

13. The non-transitory machine-accessible storage medium of claim 11 wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a query for the subset of properties; and

returning the subset of properties in response to the query.

14. The non-transitory machine-accessible storage medium of claim 11 wherein the management interface comprises Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs).

15. The non-transitory machine-accessible storage medium of claim 11 wherein the operations further comprise:

incorporating a customized management interface into the deployment.

16. The non-transitory machine-accessible storage medium of claim 11 wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to a change to the subset of properties, defining a transition from the subset of properties to a new subset of properties.

17. The non-transitory machine-accessible storage medium of claim 11 wherein the management interface comprises a customized plug-in.