Enhanced Plug-Ins Cross-Framework Workflow Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing software plug-ins face limitations in invocation across different frameworks and languages, requiring specialized coding and coordination for workflow integration, and lack standard interfaces for API calls, such as REST APIs, restricting their use in network invocations and data processing.
Innovation Solution
Enhanced plug-ins with standardized interfaces for invoking services across different frameworks and languages, enabling workflow integration through logical components that process data and forward it to subsequent plug-ins or endpoint applications using standard API calls like HTTP-GET and HTTP-POST requests, eliminating the need for custom coding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standard software plug-ins are used, then they can be deployed into a framework, but they require specialized coding and coordination for workflow integration across different frameworks and languages
Solution Approach 1:
The enhanced plug-in architecture implements universal interfaces that allow plug-ins to be invoked across different frameworks and programming languages. The system provides a standardized invocation mechanism that works regardless of the application framework or language used, eliminating the need for specialized coding for each framework integration scenario.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary layer consisting of standardized interfaces and protocol handlers that mediate between diverse application frameworks and the plug-in execution environment. This intermediary translates various framework-specific calls into a unified plug-in invocation format, reducing complexity by abstracting away framework-specific details.
2Productivity
If custom workflow integration code is written, then workflow creation is possible, but the process becomes time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining standardized interfaces, protocols, and integration patterns that can be directly applied to workflow creation. Rather than requiring developers to write integration code from scratch, the system provides ready-to-use templates and mechanisms that accelerate workflow assembly and reduce integration time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If framework-specific plug-in invocation is used, then integration within the same framework is straightforward, but network invocations and cross-language calls are restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The enhanced plug-in system implements universal invocation interfaces that function consistently across local and networked environments, and across different programming languages. The same interface mechanisms work whether the plug-in is invoked locally within a framework or remotely over a network, maintaining ease of operation while expanding adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, information for composing a first enhanced plug-in, wherein the first enhanced plug-in includes one or more logical components for invoking the first enhanced plug-in by an application running in a different framework as the first enhanced plug-in; receiving, by the computing device, information for creating a workflow that includes a series of a plurality of enhanced plug-ins including the first enhanced plug-in and one or more subsequent second enhanced plug-ins; and invoking, by the computing device, the workflow, wherein the invoking the workflow causes the first enhanced plug-in to receive data from an application running on the same or different framework as the first enhanced plug-in, process the data, and forward the processed data as input data to a particular one of the one or more subsequent second enhanced plug-ins or an endpoint application.