System and method for supporting a situational configuration in an application server environment

A method for providing support for custom hooks during patching in an application server, enterprise, cloud computing, or other computing environment, comprising:

• providing at least one computer having an application server, enterprise, cloud computing, or other computing environment executing thereon, together with one or more managed server instances that operate as part of a domain providing a situational configuration file defining server configuration setting changes and an expiration,
• wherein the server configuration changes are loaded if the one or more managed server instances detect an addition of the situational configuration file or a change in the situational configuration file;
• and
• wherein the server configuration changes are unloaded if the one or more managed server instances detect deletion of the situational configuration or expiration of the situational configuration.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the method comprising:

• providing at least one computer having an application server, enterprise, cloud computing, or other computing environment executing thereon, together with one or more managed server instances that operate as part of a domain
• providing a situational configuration file defining server configuration setting changes and an expiration,
• wherein the server configuration changes are loaded if the one or more managed server instances detect an addition of the situational configuration file or a change in the situational configuration file;
• and
• wherein the server configuration changes are unloaded if the one or more managed server instances detect deletion of the situational configuration or expiration of the situational configuration.