Patent ID: 7661108

Claim:
A method for configuring a messaging component of an application, the method comprising: receiving, by an administration server, an application adapted to be deployed on a target server and message information for the application, wherein the message information includes a set of messages, at least one message parameter employed to configure the application for the target server, and at least one message object that performs filtering or routing of messages; packaging the application, the set of messages, the message object and the message parameter in a message archive file, such that custom messaging functionality of the application adapted for the target server is included in the message archive file; and distributing the message archive file to the target server; receiving the message archive file by the target server and loading the application onto the target server from the message archive file, wherein the message object combined with the set of messages is loaded from the message archive file into the target server at application installation time and wherein the message parameter from the archive file is used to configure the application on the target server with the custom messaging functionality.