Hi,
We had the same in my team, and we deployed a very similar idea to work
around it !
We also have a C++ application that needs to access a lot of (sometimes
very heavy) cache files/dbs that vary a lot between environment.
The tool we are using now allows us to either record any externally rea
If you're in a place where you're hunting for major architectural patterns
to consider in what could amount to a rewrite, well, certainly there is no
free lunch. But the pattern you mention- capturing external event history-
is in the vein of Event Source systems
http://martinfowler.com/eaaDev/Eve