Apparatuses, methods and systems for persisting values in a computing environment

1. A method for persisting values in a computing environment, comprising:

loading a plurality of classes associated with a computer program into memory via processor by way of a class loader;

scanning at least one class of said plurality of classes loaded into memory via processor for at least one persistence-annotated field within said at least one class, said at least one persistence-annotated field having a persistence annotation indicating that a data value associated with the annotated field is to be persisted; and

writing byte code into said at least one class containing said at least one persistence-annotated field via processor, said byte code causing a first object instantiated from said at least one class to have said at least one persistence-annotated field therein.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising instantiating said first object including said at least one persistence-annotated field.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

observing a change in a value of said at least one persistence-annotated field in said first object;

notifying a persistence manager object of the change of the value of said at least one persistence-annotated field in said first object; and

storing an updated value of the persistence-annotated field in a data store associated with the persistence manager object.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the persistence manager object is instantiated the first time that the value of said at least one persistence-annotated field changes.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first object calls a function in the persistence manager object to update the value of the persistence-annotated field in the data store.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the persistence manager object uses the persistence annotation as a key in a key value pair storing the updated value of the persistence-annotated field in the data store, and further wherein the updated value of the persistence-annotated field is used as the value in the key value pair.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer program is a Java Virtual Machine compliant computer program being executed from within a first running Java Virtual Machine instance.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer program is a Visual C#0 computer program or a Python® computer program being executed from within a virtual machine in memory.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer program is a Kotlin® computer program being executed from within a virtual machine in memory.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer program is a Groovy™ computer program being executed from within a virtual machine in memory.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer program is a Clojure™ computer program being executed from within a virtual machine in memory.

12. An apparatus comprising at least a first circuit, computer memory, and at least one processor to persist values in a computing environment, wherein the first circuit:

loads a plurality of classes associated with a computer program into the computer memory by way of a class loader to modify the code within at least one class of said plurality of classes having a persistence annotated field;

scans said at least one class of said plurality of classes loaded into memory for at least one persistence-annotated field within said at least one class, said at least one persistence-annotated field having a persistence annotation indicating that a data value associated with the annotated field is to be persisted; and

writes byte code into said at least one class containing said at least one persistence-annotated field, said byte code causing a first object instantiated from said at least one class to have said at least one persistence-annotated field therein.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising a second circuit to instantiate said first object including said at least one persistence-annotated field.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the first object is to notify a persistence manager object of a change of the value of said at least one persistence-annotated field in said first object.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein said persistence manager object stores an updated value of said at least one persistence-annotated field in a data store associated with said persistence manager object.

16. A processor-readable tangible non-transient medium storing a computer program to operate a system to persist values in a computing environment, wherein the computer program comprises:

instructions to load a plurality of classes associated with a computer application into memory by way of a class loader;

instructions to scan at least one class of said plurality of classes loaded into memory for at least one persistence-annotated field within said at least one class, said at least one persistence-annotated field having a persistence annotation indicating that a data value associated with the annotated field is to be persisted; and

instructions to write byte code into said at least one class containing said at least one persistence-annotated field, said byte code causing a first object instantiated from said at least one class to have said at least one persistence-annotated field therein.

17. The processor-readable tangible non transient medium of claim 16 , wherein said computer program further comprises instructions to instantiate said first object including said at least one persistence-annotated field.

18. The processor-readable tangible non transient medium of claim 17 , wherein said computer program further comprises instructions to store an updated value of said at least one persistence-annotated field in a data store associated with a persistence manager object.