Patent ID: 7506327
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer based system for automatically maintaining at least one deployment descriptor, comprising at least one computer and: a parser operable to generate a representation of the at least one deployment descriptor; a generator operable to create the at least one deployment descriptor; a validator operable to validate the at least one deployment descriptor; a graphical user interface (GUI) operable to at least invoke the parser; wherein the GUI can include a user-selectable resource hierarchy, settings pane, message area, and toolbar and wherein when a node in the user-selectable resource hierarchy is selected, displaying at least one field in the GUI; wherein the at least one field corresponds to a plurality of values in a plurality of deployment descriptor files; wherein the system automatically generates a replacement deployment descriptor based on at least one application source code file associated with the at least one deployment descriptor if the at least one deployment descriptor is defective; and wherein the system is operable to automatically deploy an application associated with the at least one deployment descriptor; wherein the validator is further operable to