Composable Query Gateway Routing Microservices
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Solution Overview
Problem
In conventional microservice architectures, clients must transmit separate queries to multiple services and manually aggregate results, leading to a tedious, time-consuming, and error-prone process, especially for applications using large numbers of services.
Innovation Solution
A composable query language gateway protocol generates a query routing data structure based on service schemas, allowing clients to send queries to the appropriate services and aggregate results efficiently, eliminating the need for manual data compilation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If clients transmit separate queries to multiple services and manually aggregate results, then each service can be independently queried, but the process becomes tedious, time-consuming, and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway as an intermediary component that receives client queries, automatically routes them to the appropriate services, and aggregates the results. This mediator eliminates the need for clients to manually manage multiple service queries and result aggregation, resolving the contradiction between query flexibility and operational ease.
2Reliability
If clients manually compile results from multiple services, then data from all services can be obtained, but the process is time-consuming and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing service schemas, identifying service types, and creating query routing data structures in advance. When a client query arrives, the gateway already has the routing information ready, enabling automatic and efficient result aggregation without manual intervention, thus reducing time loss while maintaining data completeness.
3Productivity
If separate queries are sent to each service, then specific service data can be retrieved, but the overall process becomes complex and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of multiple service queries and result aggregations into a single gateway component. The gateway consolidates query routing, service communication, and result compilation into one unified system, reducing query management complexity while maintaining or improving data retrieval efficiency through automated processes.
Data Source
AI summary
A query request for data associated with a plurality of services executed by a plurality of host systems is received. A type of query associated with the query request is identified. A subset of the plurality of services comprising data associated with the type of query is identified using a query routing data structure, wherein the query routing data structure is received from a gateway system that generates the query routing data structure in view of receiving corresponding service schemas from the plurality of services. The query request is transmitted to the subset of the plurality of services identified using the query routing data structure.