Programming language conditional event dispatcher

US8826308B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Masoud Aghadavoodi Jolfaei · Wiesloch, DE
• Stefan Bresch · Offenburg, DE
• Helmut Prestel · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Thorsten Marcus Dunz · Schwetzingen, DE
• Edgar Lott · Schallstadt, DE
• Frank Radmacher · Heidelberg, DE
• Karsten Bohlmann · Wiesloch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 2013
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2201/86
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems of monitoring events occurring in a computer system are provided. An event monitoring instruction including a condition is parsed, the event monitoring instruction expressed using syntax defined in source code, the parsing resulting in an event channel to monitor and the condition. Then execution of an application is paused. The event channel is monitored until an event occurs on the event channel. Then an event handler for the event is run in response to the event occurring on the event channel. The condition is evaluated to determine whether the condition is satisfied. Execution of the application is resumed in response to the condition being satisfied.