Patent ID: 8782604
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating the testing of changes to a metadata document of a metadata-driven software application, the method comprising: creating a mainline version of the metadata document in a runtime environment of the metadata-driven software application, wherein content of the metadata document defines at least in part a user-facing appearance and a behavior of the metadata-driven software application; creating at least one sandbox in the runtime environment of the metadata-driven software application, wherein each of the at least one sandbox is configured to include a sandbox version of the metadata document, and wherein each sandbox version is based on the mainline version; during a user session of the metadata-driven software application running within the runtime environment, receiving from the metadata-driven software application a first request to access the metadata document; and retrieving either the mainline version or the sandbox version of the metadata document in response to the first request, wherein the retrieving is based on whether a sandbox context identifying the at least one sandbox is present in a session context of the user session.