Method and system for performing bulk operations on transactional items
View Patent ↗Bulk operations on a large number of items may be processed by a computer with a reduced likelihood of exceeding a timing or hardware limitation of a system. An instruction or its related information can be examined to determine if the instruction may potentially involve a large number of items. If so, the instruction may be passed to a bulk operations manager software component to determine the number of items involved. The bulk operations manager software component can break down the operation into smaller groups of items. Operations can be performed on each of the smaller groups of objects. The changes can be transparent to a developer writing code or a computer generating code to perform a specific operation.
1. A method, comprising:
at an Application Program Interfaces (API), routing an incoming instruction to a bulk operations manager coupled to the API, wherein the instruction is for an application server to perform an operation on an object, wherein the operation is identified by the API as a potential bulk operation, and wherein the API and the bulk operations managers are software components residing on one or more server computers; and
at the bulk operations manager, converting the instruction into a plurality of instructions to be processed by the application server, wherein the object is determined by the bulk operations manager to include a plurality of sub-objects, wherein each of the plurality of instructions comprises at least one sub-object of the object, wherein the object is a composite object, and wherein the at least one sub-object is a subdivision of the composite object.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at the bulk operations manager, executing a callback method as the plurality of instructions is being processed by the application server.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at the bulk operations manager, accumulating object identifiers that are generated by the application server as the plurality of instructions is being processed by the application server.
4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
sending the object identifiers from the bulk operations manager to the API or a memory.
5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at the bulk operations manager, traversing orders and policies for the object and the plurality of sub-objects.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the orders and policies are defined when the plurality of sub-objects is created.
7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the plurality of instructions is created in response to the traversing orders and policies for the object and the plurality of sub-objects.
8. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
at the bulk operations manager, determining relationships between the object and the plurality of sub-objects of the object.
9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
at the bulk operations manager, constructing a hierarchy with the relationships between the object and the plurality of sub-objects of the object.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the object is determined by the bulk operations manager to not include any sub-objects, further comprising:
passing the instruction from the bulk operations manager to the application server.
11. A system, comprising:
an Application Program Interfaces (API);
a bulk operations manager coupled to the API; and
an application server coupled to the API and the bulk operations manager, wherein the API and the bulk operations managers are software components residing on one or more server computers, wherein the API is configured to route an incoming instruction to the bulk operations manager, wherein the instruction is for the application server to perform an operation on an object, wherein the operation is identified by the API as a potential bulk operation, wherein the bulk operations manager is configured to convert the instruction into a plurality of instructions to be processed by the application server, wherein the object is determined by the bulk operations manager to include a plurality of sub-objects, wherein each of the plurality of instructions comprises at least one sub-object of the object, wherein the object is a composite object, and wherein the at least one sub-object is a subdivision of the composite object.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the bulk operations manager is further configured to execute a callback method as the plurality of instructions is being processed by the application server.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the bulk operations manager is further configured to accumulate object identifiers that are generated by the application server as the plurality of instructions is being processed by the application server.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the bulk operations manager is further configured to send the object identifiers from the bulk operations manager to the API or a memory.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the bulk operations manager is further configured to traverse orders and policies for the object and the plurality of sub-objects.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the orders and policies are defined when the plurality of sub-objects is created.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of instructions is created in response to the traversing orders and policies for the object and the plurality of sub-objects.
18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the bulk operations manager is further configured to determine relationships between the object and the plurality of sub-objects of the object.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the bulk operations manager is further configured to construct a hierarchy with the relationships between the object and the plurality of sub-objects of the object.
20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the object is determined by the bulk operations manager to not include any sub-objects and wherein the bulk operations manager is further configured to pass the instruction to the application server.