Patent ID: 8423989
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: executing a software application on an application server, wherein the application software comprises a sequence of steps; automatically monitoring the frequency of changes made to a set of predetermined parameters needed by the software application, wherein if a first predetermined parameter is updated at a frequency lower than a predetermined frequency threshold, the application server recommends to store said first predetermined parameter in a flat file on said application server, otherwise the application server advises to store said first predetermined parameter in a database of the application server; in response of the recommendation, overriding, by the developer, the designation of storage of said first predetermined parameter from the flat file, to storage in the database; when a step in the sequence of steps is executed and requires said first predetermined parameter from said set of predetermined parameters, obtaining said first predetermined parameter by performing the operations of: using said first predetermined parameter in said step regardless of where said first predetermined parameter was obtained wherein updated values of the predetermined parameter are used in lieu of the original values.