Abstract: An example method of loading data from a database includes receiving, at a cache node, a current query and a data chain that includes a sequence of ordered queries. The method also includes determining whether a hash of the current query matches a hash of an expected query in the data chain. The method further includes retrieving a result set of the current query from a local cache in response to determining that the hash of the current query matches the hash of the expected query. The method also includes sending the result set of the current query to a client.

Abstract: A method for using a retain block in application code executing on a virtual machine includes identifying an instruction in application code, the instruction pertaining to an object, determining the instruction is part of a retain block, prior to executing the instruction, determining whether the instruction is to cause the object to be modified, and when the instruction is to cause the object to be modified, storing data indicating a first state of the object in a retain block store and causing the first state of the object to be modified using a second state. Also, the method includes in response to an error occurring during an execution of the instruction, returning the object from the second state to the first state using the stored data.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are included to provide a universal database driver, into which one or more driver implementations may be loaded. The universal database driver communicates with one or more databases using the appropriate driver implementation for each database. A driver manager is provided that requests driver implementations corresponding to the databases, and loads the driver implementations into the universal database driver.

Abstract: An example method for reducing data communications includes receiving, at a data hub, a first set of messages from a first device. Each message of the first set includes a value. The method also includes sending one or more messages of the first set to one or more devices. The method further includes receiving a second set of messages from a second device. Each message of the second set indicates whether a state change occurred in the second device for one or more values included in the first set. The method also includes computing a value interval based on the one or more values associated with the first set. Values within the value interval were indicated in the second set as causing a state change in the second device. The method further includes configuring the first device to transmit messages for values within the value interval.

Abstract: An example method for processing a batch job that includes a plurality of sequentially ordered tasks includes obtaining a message that includes inputs of a plurality of tasks included in a batch job. The plurality of tasks includes a first task that is sequentially ordered before a second task. The method also includes assigning tasks of the plurality of tasks to different computing nodes. The first task is assigned to a first computing node associated with a first public key, and the second task is assigned to a second computing node associated with a second public key.

Abstract: An example system for distributing a workload of an application includes a class identifier that identifies a remotely instantiable class in an instruction. Execution of the instruction includes processing a workload. The example system also includes a distributor that selects a remote node to process a portion of the workload, sends a message to the selected remote node to cause (i) the selected remote node to instantiate the remotely instantiable class and (ii) the selected remote node to process the portion of the workload by invoking a method of the instantiated class, and receives a result of the processed portion of the workload.

Abstract: A system and method of assembly and use of integration applications includes receiving a first request for services from a first client, the first request for services includes a first custom services header including one or more service descriptors, parsing the first custom services header to extract each of the service descriptors, determining a service corresponding to each of the service descriptors, inserting a request for the service into an integration application, deploying the integration application to an application server, adding a first entry to an application list, the first entry corresponding to the integration application, forwarding the first request for services to the integration application, receiving a response from the integration application, and returning the response to the first client.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for processing messages using a dynamic messaging bus. An example system includes a plurality of services residing in a dynamic messaging bus including a plurality of sub-buses. Each service is assigned to a sub-bus of the plurality of sub-buses. The example system also includes a performance monitoring module that monitors a performance of one or more services executing on a sub-bus to which the respective one or more services is assigned. A first service is assigned to a first sub-bus and a second service is assigned to a second sub-bus. The example system further includes a swapping module that determines, based on the monitored performances of the first and second services, whether to swap the assignments of the first and second services such that the first service is assigned to the second sub-bus and the second service is assigned to the first sub-bus.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are included to provide a universal database driver, into which one or more driver implementations may be loaded. The universal database driver communicates with one or more databases using the appropriate driver implementation for each database. A driver manager is provided that requests driver implementations corresponding to the databases, and loads the driver implementations into the universal database driver.

Abstract: Providing messages for Java message service (JMS) is disclosed. A described method includes determining timestamp information associated with a first Java™ message service (JMS) message. The timestamp information represents a time when the JMS message is either generated or received by a processing device. The method also includes determining destination information associated with the JMS message. The method further includes converting the JMS message into a first key-value data pair having a key data and a value data. The key data includes the timestamp information and the value data includes the destination information of the first JMS message.

Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for managing a database comprising data items from a constituent source. A federation engine may receive from a first client a first client query. The first client query may reference a data item stored at a constituent data source. The federation engine may determine that the first client query is a complex client query and send the first client query to an administrator system.

Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for managing a database organized according to a schema. The database may comprise a database file corresponding to a table described by the schema. The database file may comprise a first row entry corresponding to a first row of the table. The first row entry may comprise at least one data item. A command may be received. The command may modify a first data item in the first row of the table. An indication of the modified value for the first data item may be written to a change location at the first file. The first entry may be modified to include a pointer to the indication of the modified value for the first data item.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for data hub architecture to provide actionable data from remote sensor feeds. An exemplary method includes receiving, by a master hub of a plurality of data hubs, a request to access at least one first sensor in a first location and at least one second sensor in a second location from a data client, wherein the master hub is closest to the data client of the plurality of data hubs on a network, determining a first data hub that is closest to the at least one first sensor on the network, and determining a second data hub that is closest to the at least one second sensor on the network. The method further includes querying the first data hub and the second data hub for data and communicating the data to the data client.

Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for managing a database to include data from an external data source. A database engine may receive a request to add a reference column to a database described by a database schema. The request may comprise a location parameter describing a location of the external data source comprising data for populating the reference column and a data identifying parameter describing data at the external data source for populating the reference column. The database engine may modify the database schema to include the reference column, send a query to the external data source to obtain at least one data item for populating the reference column, and populate the reference column with the at least one data item.

Abstract: A processing device translates a set of federated queries submitted to a federated data source server into a set of native data source queries for the particular type of data source using a federated data source connector for a particular type of data source, inputs the set of native data source queries for the particular type of data source into a component corresponding to the particular type of data source, marks the component in view of the set of native data source queries, and generates output indicating whether one or more of the set of native data source queries is not acceptable as input for the component. The marked component and the output indicate whether the federated data source connector for the particular type of data source includes an error.

Abstract: A computing system provides a recording, by a processing device, trace data that is generated for one or more graphical user interface (GUI) interactions of a user. The computing system extracts a subset of the trace data from the recorded trace data, the subset of trace data being associated with one or more GUI interactions specifying operations of a development application performed on a work item. The computing system assembles a script in view of the subset of the trace data to duplicate the operations of the development applications specified by the one or more GUI interactions for one or more other work items.

Abstract: An example method of providing a list of entities includes obtaining a list of entities responsive to a request from a client. Each entity in the list includes a set of attribute name-value pairs. The method also includes recursively dividing the list of entities into subgroups and for each division resulting in a plurality of subgroups including one or more entities, and assigning a subgroup number to each of the corresponding entity's attribute names by which the division is based. The method also includes generating a logical message tree of entities. The method further includes sorting the list of entities based on the order of the entities in the logical message tree and serializing the sorted list of entities into a data stream. The method also includes transmitting a list of subgroup numbers and the entities in the sorted order over a network to the client.

Abstract: An example method of loading classes from a content repository includes storing a set of files in a content repository. The set of files includes a representation of a set of classes. The method also includes extracting first metadata that describes the set of classes and storing the first metadata in a content repository. The method further includes receiving a request including second metadata corresponding to one or more classes of the set of classes. The request is from a repository-class loader executable in a node. The method also includes selecting, based on the second metadata, a class of the set of classes. The method further includes sending the selected class to the repository-class loader for loading into the node.

Abstract: An example method of processing a query includes receiving a partial query including an identifier that identifies a full query corresponding to the partial query. The partial query is sent from a client and includes a command to select data from a database table stored in a database. The method also includes determining whether the table has been updated since a previous result set was sent to the client. The method further includes generating a partial result set including an indication of the updates to the table since the previous result set was sent to the client. The method also includes sending the partial result set to the client. The partial result set is an incomplete result set of the partial query.

Abstract: A system and method of server selection using competitive evaluation includes receiving a service request at an arbiter running on a computing device, determining whether the service request is associated with a preferred server, and forwarding the service request to the preferred server when the service request is associated with the preferred server. When the service request is not associated with the preferred server, the method further includes using the arbiter to coordinate a competitive evaluation among a plurality of active servers, selecting as the preferred server a first one of the active servers that completes processing of the service request first, and associating the preferred server with the service request. The method further includes receiving a response to the service request from the preferred server and returning the response to a client. The service request is received from the client.