System and method for management of requests
View Patent ↗The present invention provides an online messaging architecture configured to process incoming request messages and provide reply messages in an efficient manner. The invention reduces processing overhead within a mainframe computing environment were individual requests are treated as individual transactions by instead storing requests within a queue, spawning necessary processes according to the queue and processing multiple transactions in a pseudo batch manner.
1. A method performed by a server computer for facilitating management of a request from a user computer, said method comprising:
receiving, by said server computer, said request from said user computer;
storing said request into a first queue;
generating a trigger message in response to said request;
storing said trigger message in a second queue;
retrieving business logic corresponding at least in part to said request;
storing a message corresponding to said request into a thread count queue, a number of messages stored in said thread count queue corresponding to a number of threads that have begun executing;
determining a number of executing threads using said thread count queue;
retrieving said request from said first queue;
determining a number of threads to execute said request;
spawning new threads to process said request based upon said number of executing threads and said number of threads to execute said request;
tracking said number of executing threads with respect to said thread count queue to prevent over spawning;
formatting a reply message corresponding to said request, wherein said formatting is based upon said business logic; and
storing said reply message into a third queue.
2. The method of claim 1 , further including spawning new threads to process said request based on a pre-defined equation.
3. The method of claim 1 , further including validating an identity of a user based upon authentication credentials imbedded in said request.
4. The method of claim 1 , where said formatting further includes processing errors occurring during said formatting of said reply message.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said first queue, second queue and third queue are located in the same queue.
6. A computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a set of instructions executable by a general purpose computer configured to perform a method for facilitating management of a request from a user computer, said method comprising:
receiving a request from said user computer;
storing said request into a first queue;
generating a trigger message in response to said request;
storing said trigger message in a second queue;
retrieving business logic corresponding at least in part to said request;
storing a message corresponding to said request into a thread count queue, a number of messages stored in said thread count queue corresponding to a number of threads that have begun executing;
determining a number of executing threads using said thread count queue;
retrieving said request from said first queue;
determining a number of threads to execute said request;
spawning new threads to process said request based upon said number of executing threads and said number of threads to execute said request;
tracking said number of executing threads with respect to said thread count queue to prevent over spawning;
formatting a reply message corresponding to said request, wherein said formatting is based upon said business logic; and
storing said reply message into a third queue.