Patent ID: 9588785
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for configuring a web application based on a general property hierarchy, the method comprising: obtaining a system configuration file via a network; generating an application property scheme having one or more property hierarchy levels for configuring a web application during execution of the web application based on the obtained system configuration file, wherein the system configuration file defines configuration values for a plurality of properties at each of the one or more property hierarchy levels of the application property scheme; receiving a request for a configuration value associated with at least one of the plurality of properties; identifying request attributes related to at least one of the one or more property hierarchy levels based on the received request; searching for the configuration value at each of the one or more property hierarchy levels of the generated application property scheme based on the identified attributes for the request by iteratively performing the following steps: sending a response including the configuration value based on the search.