Smart cache for a server test environment in an application development tool

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for a smart cache for server testing in an application development tool. In an embodiment of the invention, method of smart caching of service data during application testing in a development tool for a service invoking application is provided. The method includes loading source code for a computer program into a development tool executing in memory of a computing system. The method further includes executing the source code from the development tool. In this regard, the execution of the source code invokes a service responsive to a directive to invoke the service disposed in the source code. Finally, the method includes invoking the service in a container instance in response to a first invocation of the service from the computer program. However, a data set for the service is located in a cache and returned the data set to the computer program in lieu of invoking the service in the container instance for all other invocations of the service.

主权项

1. A method of smart caching of service data during application testing in a development tool for a service invoking application, the method comprising:
loading source code for a computer program into a development tool executing in memory of a client computing system; executing the source code from the development tool, the execution of the source code invoking a service responsive to a directive to invoke the service disposed in the source code; invoking the service in a container instance of a host server coupled to the client computing system over a communications network in response to a first invocation of the service from the computer program and returning a resultant data set for the service to the computer program:
storing the resultant data set in a cache in the host server; andreturning the stored resultant data set to the computer program in lieu of invoking the service in the container instance in response to a second or any subsequent invocation of the service from the computer program; wherein the resultant data set for the service is stored in the cache in the host server after the first invocation; persisting the resultant data set for the service in a fixed storage of the host server in response to a shutdown of the development tool; and, restoring the resultant data set for the service to memory of the host server upon the development tool being restarted.