Synchronization of configuration changes between applications and their platforms

A computer implemented method for synchronizing between middleware configurations and application configurations, the method comprising:

• processing, at a synchronization module stored at least partially in memory of one or more computing systems, an intermediate software component state variable of an intermediate software component to determine at least one application state variable that depends on a value of the intermediate software component state variable and corresponds to an online edition of at least one software application that relies upon the intermediate software component;
• determining whether one or more changes in the at least one application state variable result in one or more other changes in the intermediate software component at least by performing a forward mapping for an offline edition of the at least one software application;
• determining one or more implied changes for the intermediate software component based in part or in whole upon the one or more changes in the at least one application state variable;
• determining at least one additional application change for the at least one software application at least by performing a reverse mapping based in part or in whole upon the one or more implied changes for the intermediate software component;
• determining at least one implied application change for the at least one software application based in part or in whole upon the at least one additional application change for the at least one software application;
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• performing a reverse mapping for transforming at least one additional application change and the at least one implied application change into application configuration changes for the at least one software application.

A computer system for synchronizing between intermediate software component configurations and application configurations, comprising:

• a computer processor to execute a set of program code instructions;
• and
• a memory to hold the program code instructions, in which the program code instructions comprises program code which, when executed by the computer processor, causes the computer processor to:
• process, at a synchronization module stored at least partially in memory of one or more computing systems, an intermediate software component state variable of an intermediate software component to determine at least one application state variable that depends on a value of the intermediate software component state variable and corresponds to an online edition of at least one software application that relies upon the intermediate software component;
• determine whether one or more changes in the at least one application state variable result in one or more other changes in the intermediate software component at least by performing a forward mapping for an offline edition of the at least one software application;
• determine one or more implied changes for the intermediate software component based in part or in whole upon the one or more changes in the at least one application state variable;
• determine at least one additional application change for the at least one software application at least by performing a reverse mapping based in part or in whole upon the one or more implied changes for the intermediate software component;
• determine at least one implied application change for the at least one software application based in part or in whole upon the at least one additional application change for the at least one software application;
• and
• perform a reverse mapping for transforming at least one additional application change and the at least one implied application change into application configuration changes for the at least one software application.