BATCHING CONTENT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS TO FACILITATE EFFICIENT DATABASE INTERACTIONS
Batching content management operations to facilitate efficient database interactions is disclosed. Two or more content management-related requests are received. The two or more content management-related requests are treated as a batch, including by formulating and sending to a database in a single database interaction a grouped request to add, delete, or modify each of a plurality of database records.
1 . A method for managing stored content, comprising:
receiving a plurality of content management-related requests originally assigned as part of a batch, wherein the batch of content management-related requests comprises requests that are originally batched together to be sent to a database before a change to the database corresponding to the requests is committed; and
using a processor to determine that a first request among the plurality of received content management-related requests has a dependency upon at least one of the plurality of content management-related requests that is received prior to the first request, and in response, processing all of the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request together as the batch, comprising:
sending all of the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request to the database in a single database interaction; and delaying to perform the first request and any content management-related requests that are received after the first request.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving from a requesting entity with which the plurality of content management-related requests is associated an indication that the plurality of content management-related requests is associated.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the indication comprises an explicit indication that the plurality of content management-related requests comprises a batch.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein processing all of the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request together as the batch is performed in the event it is determined to flush the received content management-related requests even if an end of the batch has not been reached or indicated.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
using a processor to determine whether a query is received, wherein the query implicates an object that is affected by an as yet unperformed received request; and
in response to receiving the query, processing only the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request together as the batch.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the plurality of content management-related requests;
using a processor to determine whether an indication that a memory being used to store the content management-related requests is full or nearly full; and
in response to receiving the indication, processing only a portion of the plurality of content management-related requests together as the batch.
7 . A content management system, comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive a plurality of content management-related requests originally assigned as part of a batch, wherein the batch of content management-related requests comprises requests that are originally batched together to be sent to a database before a change to the database corresponding to the requests is committed; and
a processor configured to:
determine that a first request among the plurality of received content management-related requests has a dependency upon at least one of the plurality of content management-related requests that is received prior to the first request, and in response, processing all of the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request together as the batch, comprising:
sending all of the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request to the database in a single database interaction; and delaying to perform the first request and any content management-related requests that are received after the first request.
8 . The content management system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive from a requesting entity with which the plurality of content management-related requests is associated an indication that the plurality of content management-related requests is associated.
9 . The content management system of claim 8 , wherein the indication comprises an explicit indication that the plurality of content management-related requests comprises a batch.
10 . The content management system of claim 7 , wherein processing the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request together as a batch is performed in the event it is determined to flush the received content management-related requests even if an end of the batch has not been reached or indicated.
11 . The content management system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine whether a query is received, wherein the query implicates an object that is affected by an as yet unperformed received request; and
in response to receiving the query, process only the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request together as the batch.
12 . The content management system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
store the plurality of content management-related requests;
determine whether an indication that a memory being used to store the content management-related requests is full or nearly full; and
in response to receiving the indication, process only a portion of the plurality of content management-related requests together as the batch.
13 . A computer program product for managing stored content, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
receiving a plurality of content management-related requests originally assigned as part of a batch, wherein the batch of content management-related requests comprises requests that are originally batched together to be sent to a database before a change to the database corresponding to the requests is committed; and
determine that a first request among the plurality of received content management-related requests has a dependency upon at least one of the plurality of content management-related requests that is received prior to the first request, and in response, processing all of the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request together as the batch, comprising:
sending all of the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request to the database in a single database interaction; and delaying to perform the first request and any content management-related requests that are received after the first request
14 . The computer program product recited in claim 13 , further comprising computer instructions for receiving from a requesting entity with which the plurality of content management-related requests is associated an indication that the plurality of content management-related requests is associated.
15 . The computer program product recited in claim 14 , wherein the indication comprises an explicit indication that the plurality of content management-related requests comprises a batch.
16 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein processing all of the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request together as a batch is performed in the event it is determined to flush the received content management-related requests even if an end of the batch has not been reached or indicated.
17 . The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising computer instructions for:
determining whether a query is received, wherein the query implicates an object that is affected by an as yet unperformed received request; and
in response to receiving the query, processing only the content management-related requests that are received prior to the first request together as the batch.
18 . The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising computer instructions for:
storing the plurality of content management-related requests;
determining whether an indication that a memory being used to store the content management-related requests is full or nearly full; and
in response to receiving the indication, processing only a portion of the plurality of content management-related requests together as the batch.