Patent ID: 7523453
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for dynamically adding resources in a web application server, wherein the web application server includes at least one web application and a separate resource lookup web application, comprising: providing a resource; wherein the resource comprises a JAVA ResourceBundle and is selected from a group consisting of a new resource and an updated resource; detecting an availability of the resource using the resource lookup web application; installing the resource into the resource lookup web application and, once installed, advertising the resource to the at least one web application; receiving a request for the resource from the at least one web application; and dynamically adding the resource to each requesting web application without having to restart the requesting web application and without losing session information in the requesting web application, wherein the adding is performed indirectly through the resource lookup web application which acts as an intermediary between the at least one web application and the resource and has a duty to serve the resource.