Modular Configuration Check Framework for Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The integration of new applications and computing systems into organizations is time-consuming and resource-intensive due to the difficulty in reusing and organizing configuration check code, leading to delays in the integration process and inefficiencies in combining individual context checks into larger sequences.
Innovation Solution
A modular framework for configuration checks that allows developers to classify, describe, and search for check units, enabling their combination and reuse across different applications, with a hierarchical structure and keyword-based search functionality to streamline the integration process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If programmers write code automating configuration checks for each individual integration, then configuration checks can be performed, but the code becomes difficult to organize and reuse, leading to time consumption and resource intensity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides configuration checks into discrete, reusable check units that can be independently organized and combined. Each check unit is a modular component that can be reused across different integrations, eliminating the need to rewrite code for each individual integration scenario.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal framework where check units can be applied across multiple integration contexts. The same check unit can be reused in different applications and integrations, making the code base universally applicable rather than situation-specific.
2Adaptability or versatility
If programmers rewrite check code for each individual integration, then configuration checks can be adapted to specific contexts, but it increases time consumption and delays integration
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting checks into reusable units, the system maintains adaptability through selective combination of units while dramatically improving productivity. The modular structure allows quick assembly of context-specific check sequences without rewriting code.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables merging of check units into larger configuration check sequences that can be reused across different integrations. This combining approach maintains adaptability to specific contexts while reducing redundant coding work.
3Ease of operation
If individual context checks are not combined into larger sequences, then each check can be independently executed, but the checking process becomes less efficient and integration time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines individual check units into larger, reusable configuration check sequences. These sequences can be executed as unified units, maintaining operational simplicity while significantly improving productivity by reducing the total number of checks that need to be individually verified.
Solution Approach 2:
The combined check sequences are designed to be universally applicable across different integration contexts, allowing the same sequence to be executed in multiple scenarios without modification, thereby improving checking productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
A modular framework may be provided for configuration checks that enable a developer to classify and describe each check and then subsequently search for checks and integrate them with other checks. Each check may include a dependency on other checks to create a hierarchy. Additionally, multiple checks may be combined. The combination of checks may be used to check configuration of specific processes or systems. Each check unit and business configuration check may contain keywords, descriptions, and documentation to enable the checks to be subsequently searched and reused in different applications. Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture may be provided.