Patent ID: 7756835
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of copying an application that comprises a plurality of parts, wherein the parts comprise non-file system structures including a data table and corresponding schema, the method comprising: initializing a resulting file; creating a root directory within the resulting file; creating an application level data directory under the root directory; creating one or more storage objects under the application level directory; storing a structural description of the application in a first storage object, wherein the structural description comprises a listing of the plurality of parts of the application; creating one or more data table directories under the application level data directory based on the structural description, wherein at least one of the data table directories is a directory to a first data table data storage object and a first data table schema storage object; and copying, from the application, the data table to the first data table data storage object and the schema to the first data table schema storage object; wherein the application is a web based application and the structural description, data table, and schema are each an XML file.