Graph knowledge base for modeling and processing stateful cloud-native applications

A system for designing, deploying, and managing an application, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform the steps of:
• provide a design environment comprising a catalog of objects, a rich type system, and a graph knowledge base describing an upper ontology that represents a higher-level abstraction, wherein the higher-level abstraction supports classification of generic data and function types for dynamic typing and prototypal inheritance;
• receive in the design environment a declarative composition of the application created using the rich type system;
• produce, based on the declarative composition, an object for storage in the catalog of objects;
• upon receipt of a request for the application, generate, using the graph knowledge base, the upper ontology, and the catalog of objects, context information to hydrate the request;
• execute at least one run-time function based on the hydrated request that accesses a service;
• distribute the at least one run-time function to the service;
• and
• as a response to the request, return a result from the service.

A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations for designing, deploying, and managing an application, comprising:

• providing a design environment comprising a catalog of objects, a rich type system, and a graph knowledge base describing an upper ontology that represents a higher-level abstraction, wherein the higher-level abstraction supports classification of generic data and function types for dynamic typing and prototypal inheritance;
• receiving in the design environment, a declarative composition of the application created using the rich type system;
• upon receipt of a request for the application, generating, using the graph knowledge base, the upper ontology, and the catalog of objects, context information to hydrate the request;
• executing at least one run-time function based on the hydrated request that accesses a service;
• distributing the at least one run-time function to the service;
• and
• as a response to the request, returning a result from the service.