Cloud Platform Event Routing for Multi-App Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The integration of software application development, building, and testing across multiple management applications on a cloud-based platform is inefficient due to the need for converting changes from various proprietary formats, leading to a tedious and inefficient process.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based platform with an endpoint that receives change events from management applications, featuring a change event processor that determines the source application and sends the event to a corresponding handler for processing, allowing for flexible handling of commit, build, and test events, even if the management application lacks a pre-existing handler, with the option for custom modifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different software development management applications are used to manage commit, build, and test events, then the platform can support diverse development workflows and tools, but the process of converting committed changes to a usable format becomes tedious and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an integration framework that acts as an intermediary between multiple management applications and the cloud-based platform. This framework includes event handlers that receive events from different management applications, normalize them into a standard format, and forward them to the platform. This mediator layer eliminates the need for manual conversion while maintaining support for diverse tools, thus resolving the contradiction between versatility and productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The integration framework implements a universal event handling mechanism that can process events from any management application through a standardized interface. The framework includes configurable event handlers that can be adapted to different application formats, allowing a single platform to universally accept events from multiple sources without requiring separate conversion processes for each application, thereby improving productivity while maintaining adaptability.
2Reliability
If manual conversion processes are used to implement changes from different management applications, then format compatibility can be achieved, but the process becomes tedious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The integration framework performs preliminary normalization of events at the point of receipt. Event handlers are pre-configured with knowledge of different management application formats and automatically convert incoming events to the standard platform format before processing. This preliminary action ensures format compatibility is achieved automatically without requiring time-consuming manual conversion later in the process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service conversion through automated event handlers that independently process and normalize events from different management applications. The framework automatically detects the source application, selects the appropriate conversion rules, and transforms the event format without human intervention. This self-service mechanism maintains reliable format compatibility while eliminating time loss associated with manual conversion processes.
3Productivity
If a single integrated platform is implemented to manage all development, building, and testing, then process efficiency can be improved, but the complexity of integrating multiple management applications increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integration framework is segmented into independent, modular event handlers, each responsible for processing events from specific management applications or event types. This segmentation allows the system to manage complexity by dividing the integration task into smaller, manageable units that can be configured and maintained independently, thereby enabling a single integrated platform to improve productivity without becoming unmanageably complex.
Solution Approach 2:
The integration framework implements dynamic event routing and handler selection based on the incoming event source and type. The system can dynamically load, configure, and unload event handlers as needed, allowing the platform to adapt to different management applications without requiring a fixed, complex integration structure. This dynamic approach maintains high process efficiency while managing integration complexity through flexible, on-demand configuration.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed that provide a cloud-based platform having an endpoint that receives a change event to a software application hosted by a virtual server from a management application. The change event includes a commit event, build event, or test event implemented on the software application. The management application manages commit events, build events, or test events implemented on the software application. The platform includes a change event processor that determines that the change event was generated by the management application and sends the change event to a handler based on the management application. The platform also includes the handler of a set of handlers that processes the change event based on the management application to update the software application. Each handler of the set of handlers corresponds to a respective management application and is configured to process a respective change event generated by the respective management application.