Systems and Methods for Use in Loading Data Based on a Hierarchical Framework

A method of loading data in connection with testing an application, based on a hierarchical framework, the method comprising:

• prior to execution of an application, building, by a computing device, a dependency graph for multiple data loaders associated with the application and based on the multiple data loaders;
• determining, by the computing device, whether one of the multiple data loaders associated with the application requires action;
• determining, by the computing device, at least one dependency of the one of the multiple data loaders on at least one other one of the multiple data loaders requiring loading, based on the dependency graph, when the one of the multiple data loaders requires action;
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• executing the multiple data loaders, in an order defined by the at least one dependency, whereby data is loaded to a data structure for use by the application.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage media including executable instructions for loading data associated with a data hierarchical framework having multiple layers, each layer having one or more nodes, and each node associated with a data loader, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• determine whether a root node data loader in a root layer of the data hierarchical framework requires action;
• when the root node data loader requires action:
• identify each dependency, in a second layer of the data hierarchical framework, of the root node data loader on each of one or more data loaders associated with one or more nodes included in the second layer;
• identify each dependency, in a third layer of the data hierarchical framework, of the one or more data loaders associated with the one or more nodes in the second layer on each of one or more data loaders associated with one or more nodes included in the third layer;
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• execute one or more of the data loaders based on the identified dependencies, whereby data is loaded to a data structure, in order, by the data loaders associated with the one or more nodes in the third layer, then by the data loaders associated with the one or more nodes in the second layer, and then by the root node data loader.