Systems and methods for integrating modules into a software application

Abstract

Methods and systems are presented for providing a platform that seamlessly integrates software modules into an application. In particular, the platform allows software modules to access services provided by other software modules, through a host module, without the need of exposing the source code of any of the software modules. The application is configured as a host module by integrating one or more software modules into the application. The application may directly consume services provided by the software modules and also facilitate service accessing between software modules that are integrated into the application. As such, a software module does not need to interact with another software module directly to access services provided by the other software module, but rather, using the application as a medium to interact with the other software module.

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BACKGROUND[0001]The present specification generally relates to software application integration, and specifically, to providing a platform for integrating modules into a software application.RELATED ART[0002]When developing software applications, it is common to re-use programming code developed by others to save time and resources. For example, commonly used features or functionalities can be encapsulated within one or more software modules that can be accessed by other applications or modules via function calls. However, even when the software modules have been built to provide the features or functionalities, the software module may not be compatible to work with every application. For example, some of the applications may be written in a different programming language than the software module. Further, in order to access the features or functionalities within the software module, the interface of the software module needs to be exposed to a developer of an application. The devel...

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