Mechanism for facilitating dynamic format transformation of software applications in an on-demand services environment

A system comprising:

• a computing device having a memory to store instructions, and a processing device to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions cause the processing device to:
• receive, at a first computing device, an invocation request to facilitate a format change to a software application, wherein the format change includes upgrading of one or more data formats of the software application such that a first version the software application is upgraded to a second version, wherein the invocation request is received from a user via a second computing device;
• dynamically retrieve, in response to the invocation request, a trigger from a plurality of triggers, wherein the trigger specifically relates to the invocation request for facilitating the format change and includes an indicator to indicate the one or more data formats of the first version;
• and
• invoke, in runtime, the retrieved trigger to perform the format change, wherein performing the format change includes manipulating, based on the indicator, the one or more data formats such that the first version is updated to the second version during runtime and without having to pause the software application.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

• receive, at a first computing device, an invocation request to facilitate a format change to a software application, wherein the format change includes upgrading of one or more data formats of the software application such that a first version of the software application is upgraded to a second version, wherein the invocation request is received from a user via a second computing device;
• dynamically retrieve, in response to the invocation request, a trigger from a plurality of triggers, wherein the trigger specifically relates to the invocation request for facilitating the format change and includes an indicator to indicate the one or more formats of the first version;
• and
• invoke, in runtime, the retrieved trigger to perform the format change, wherein performing the format change includes manipulating, based on the indicator, the one or more data formats such that the first version is updated to the second version during runtime and without having to pause the software application.