Determining relationship data associated with application programs

An apparatus for determining relationship data associated with application programs in a messaging system, comprising:

• a central processor unit (CPU), a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media;
• first program instructions, responsive to a first message event sending a message from a first application to a first destination, to intercept first message data associated with the message;
• second program instructions, responsive to a second message event retrieving, by a second application, the message from a second destination, to intercept second message data associated with the message;
• third program instructions to analyze the intercepted first message data and the intercepted second message data in accordance with at least one rule in order to find at least one message parameter that is common to both the intercepted first message data and the intercepted second message data;
• and
• fourth program instructions, responsive to finding the at least one message parameter, to determine a relationship associated with the first application and the second application;
• and wherein
• the first, second, third and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.

A computer program product comprising a tangible non-transitory computer usable storage medium having program code stored thereon that is operable when executed by a data processing system to perform steps of:

• responsive to a first message event sending a message from a first application to a first destination intercepting first message data associated with the message;
• responsive to a second message event retrieving, by a second application, the message from a second destination, the data processing system intercepting second message data associated with the message;
• analyzing the intercepted first message data and the intercepted second message data in accordance with at least one rule in order to find at least one message parameter that is common to both the intercepted first message data and the intercepted second message data;
• and
• responsive to finding the at least one message parameter, determining a relationship associated with the first application and the second application.