Sap Portals Israel Limited

Gadi Melamed

Ariel Tammam

Ran Banker

The disclosure generally describes methods, software, and systems, including a method for application versioning. An updated version of a software component to be executed by an application is received while an instance of the application is executing using an instance of a current version. The updated version is stored with new version information, concurrently with the current version. A request is received for execution of the application that uses the software component. Invoking logic in the application is updated to invoke the software component. The updating includes modifying the invoking logic to invoke the updated version using the updated version information in the invoking logic. The updating causes the invoking logic to invoke, at runtime, the updated version. Instances of the application invoked prior to the receiving and storing continue to execute using the current version. The application is provided for execution, including the updated invoking logic.

Zero down-time deployment of new application versions

A generic portal template includes properties that are common to all system templates. Using the generic portal template, a connector framework is exploited in order to expose every type of external information system generically and to make available to a portal its exposed metadata, methods, and other properties dynamically. The generic portal template is extendible to accommodate new properties of an external information system. The generic portal template is reusable when new external information systems are recognized. The generic portal template is especially advantageous when it is desired to access third party external information systems, such as databases or applications in a portal.

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Giv′at-Shmuel, Israel

Gadi Melamed