US 8,285,688 B2 · Versioning in an integration platform

Abstract

A repository contains multiple versions of an object but only a single version of the object is supplied when a query is made. The single version is automatically selected from among a number of versions, based on a configuration associated with a workspace in which the query originates. The selected version is presented in a version resolved view, without exposing any information related to versioning of the object. A number of configurations are established, each configuration containing no more than one version of each object in the repository. However, only one configuration is associated with each workspace from which a query can originate. A single configuration is commonly associated with the workspaces of all developers. When developers decide that a set of objects in the repository is ready for use in live operation, the set of objects is “deployed” by copying the design time configuration to generate a new configuration.

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Dependent claims

A method of managing a repository containing multiple versions of an object, the method comprising:

establishing a plurality of configurations, each configuration comprising an object identifier and a version number to directly identify only one version of each of one or more objects in a memory of a computer;
associating in said memory of said computer, only one configuration with a workspace, wherein said only one configuration is identified by at least a configuration identifier;
said computer responding to a query from said workspace by using the configuration identifier, wherein the only one configuration is used to identify a version of each object to be included in a response to the query;
and
presenting the response including said version of said each object identified based on the configuration identifier.

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A storage device comprising a plurality of instructions for a computer to manage a repository containing multiple versions of an object, the instructions comprising:

instructions to establish a plurality of configurations, each configuration comprising one or more pairs of identifiers to identify only one version of each of one or more objects in a memory of said computer;
wherein each pair of identifiers comprises an object identifier and a version number, for each object in a configuration;
instructions to associate in said memory of said computer, only one configuration with a workspace;
wherein said only one configuration is identified by a configuration identifier within said workspace;
instructions for said computer to process a query from said workspace by using the configuration identifier obtained from said workspace, wherein the only one configuration is used to identify a version of each object to be included in a response to the query;
and
instructions to present the response including said version of said each object identified based on the configuration identifier.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Versioning in an integration platform

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