Centralized Health Module for Extensible Error Resolution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computing systems face inefficiencies in error handling due to the need for separate error resolution mechanisms for each component, which leads to resource duplication and difficulty in modifying or extending error handlers, especially when new error types are identified.
Innovation Solution
A health module in the computing system that monitors components for runtime errors and provides error resolution templates with metadata and error handlers, allowing components to associate error types with templates and define additional handlers, thereby extending error resolution capabilities without requiring separate error resolution systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate error resolution mechanisms are implemented for each component, then each component can handle its specific errors, but resource duplication occurs and system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal error resolution mechanism where a single error resolution service can handle errors from multiple different components. Error handlers are designed to be component-agnostic, allowing the same error resolution infrastructure to serve the entire system rather than requiring separate mechanisms for each component.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges previously distributed error resolution capabilities into a centralized error resolution service. Multiple error handlers and resolution mechanisms are combined into a unified system that processes errors from any component through a common interface and resolution workflow.
2Reliability
If separate error resolution mechanisms are implemented for each component, then each component has dedicated error handling, but resource duplication occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The error resolution service and handlers are designed to be universally applicable across all components in the system. A single instance of error resolution infrastructure can handle errors from any number of components, eliminating the need for duplicate error handling resources for each component.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple component-specific error resolution resources into a shared, centralized error resolution service. This merging eliminates redundant error handlers, logging mechanisms, and resolution workflows that would otherwise exist separately for each component.
3Adaptability or versatility
If component code is modified to add new error handlers, then new error types can be handled, but modification becomes difficult or impossible without extensibility mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The error resolution system is designed to be dynamic and extensible. New error handlers can be registered and added to the system at runtime without requiring modifications to existing component code. The system adapts to new error types through plugin-style architecture where handlers can be dynamically incorporated.
Solution Approach 2:
The error handling functionality is segmented into separate, independent error handlers that can be added or removed without affecting the core system. Each error handler is a discrete unit that can be independently developed, tested, and deployed, allowing easy extension of error type coverage.
4Adaptability or versatility
If existing error handlers are modified to handle new error types, then error coverage improves, but system stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows dynamic addition of new error handlers without requiring modifications to existing stable code. New error types can be handled by adding new handlers that register with the error resolution service, preserving the stability of existing handlers while extending coverage to new error types.
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AI summary
The embodiments disclosed herein extend to methods, systems, and computer program products for error resolution in a computing system that includes a health module. The health module monitors components of the system for runtime errors and provides error resolution templates. The error resolution templates include metadata that specifies actions that may resolve the error and error handlers corresponding to the actions that may correct the error. The system may be extended by the addition and/or modification of the error resolution templates. The error resolution templates may also be used to facilitate the correction of runtime errors in the system.