Service Endpoint Virtualization via Dynamic Ticketing
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Solution Overview
Problem
In service-oriented architecture (SOA) environments, managing dynamic dependencies and service endpoint virtualization is challenging due to the complexity of connections between numerous service providers and consumers, which can lead to increased management overhead and instability as dependencies arise and change frequently.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for service endpoint virtualization and dynamic dependency management are introduced, where a ticket is issued to clients instead of a direct service endpoint, allowing for time-limited binding and automatic notification of changes, enabling seamless redirection to different service instances without disrupting clients.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If direct service endpoint binding is used in SOA environments, then clients can access services directly, but management overhead increases and system stability decreases due to frequent dependency changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service ticket as an intermediary between clients and service endpoints. Instead of clients directly binding to service endpoints, they obtain and use service tickets that encapsulate the binding information. This intermediary layer simplifies client operations while enabling centralized management and monitoring of service dependencies, thereby reducing management overhead and improving system stability.
2Ease of manufacture
If service endpoints are directly bound to clients, then connection establishment is simple, but adaptability decreases when service instances need to be redirected or changed
Solution Approach 1:
The service ticket mechanism enables dynamic service endpoint binding. Service tickets can be invalidated and reissued to redirect clients to different service instances without changing the client code. The system can dynamically update service endpoint information within tickets, allowing flexible adaptation to service instance changes while maintaining simple connection establishment for clients.
3Reliability
If formal dependency management systems are implemented, then dependency tracking is structured, but management overhead increases due to the large number of dynamic dependencies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts dependency management information from complex formal systems and encapsulates it in lightweight service tickets. Each ticket contains essential binding information between clients and services, allowing the system to track dependencies without implementing heavy formal management infrastructure. This extraction approach maintains reliable dependency tracking while significantly reducing management overhead.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to SOA virtualization and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for service endpoint virtualization and dynamic dependency management. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for service endpoint visualization and dynamic dependency management can be provided. The method can include issuing a ticket in lieu of a service endpoint to a querying client for an identified service, subsequently redeeming the ticket with a service endpoint to an instance of the identified service, and re-redeeming the ticket at a later time to provide a service endpoint to a different instance of the identified service.