Gateway consumption framework

1. A method comprising:

displaying to a developer, via a developer device, a list of business application user interface templates;

receiving, from the developer device, a selected user interface template from the displayed list of business application user interface templates;

receiving, from the developer device, business logic definition parameters;

determining, based on the selected user interface template and the received business logic definition parameters, potential services available to be consumed by a business application from a suite of enterprise applications, the potential services to (i) send information to a back end and (ii) receive information based on the sent information;

transmitting a list of potential services to the developer device;

receiving a request, from the developer device, for a potential service not included in the list of potential services;

transmitting the request for a potential service not included in the list of potential services to a second developer, wherein transmitting the request for a potential service not included in the list of potential services to a second developer comprises:

automatically downloading a model of the application, the model comprising the selected user interface template, the received business logic definition parameters and an indication of a selected service or a service that is not currently available; and

automatically transmitting the model to the second developer for building the potential service.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

Transmitting a model of an application, the application comprising the selected user interface template, the received business logic definition parameters and an indication of a selected service.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the potential services are associated with ODATA.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the potential services are accessed via a framework gateway based on ODATA, the framework gateway comprising a first layer to function as a user interface, a second layer comprising business logic, a third layer comprising data definitions and a fourth layer comprising specific data instances.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method, the method comprising:

displaying to a developer, via a developer device, a list of business application user interface templates;

receiving, from the developer device, a selected user interface template from the displayed list of business application user interface templates;

receiving, from the developer device, business logic definition parameters;

determining, based on the selected user interface template and the received business logic definition parameters, potential services available to be consumed by a business application from a suite of enterprise applications, the potential services to (i) send information to a back end and (ii) receive information based on the sent information;

transmitting a list of potential services to the developer device;

receiving a request, from the developer device, for a potential service not included in the list of potential services;

transmitting the request for a potential service not included in the list of potential services to a second developer, wherein transmitting the request for a potential service not included in the list of potential services to a second developer comprises:

automatically downloading a model of the application, the model comprising the selected user interface template, the received business logic definition parameters and an indication of a selected service or a service that is not currently available; and

automatically transmitting the model to the second developer for building the potential service.

6. The medium of claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting a model of an application, the application comprising the selected user interface template, the received business logic definition parameters and an indication of a selected service.

7. The medium of claim 5 , wherein the potential services are associated with ODATA.

8. The medium of claim 5 , wherein the potential services are accessed via a framework gateway based on ODATA, the framework gateway comprising a first layer to function as a user interface, a second layer comprising business logic, a third layer comprising data definitions and a fourth layer comprising specific data instances.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by the processor perform a method, the method comprising:

displaying to a developer, via a developer device, a list of business application user interface templates;

receiving, from the developer device, a selected user interface template from the displayed list of business application user interface templates;

receiving, from the developer device, business logic definition parameters;

determining, based on the selected user interface template and the received business logic definition parameters, potential services available to be consumed by a business application from a suite of enterprise applications, the potential services to (i) send information to a back end and (ii) receive information based on the sent information;

transmitting a list of potential services to the developer device;

receiving a request, from the developer device, for a potential service not included in the list of potential services;

transmitting the request for a potential service not included in the list of potential services to a second developer, wherein transmitting the request for a potential service not included in the list of potential services to a second developer comprises:

automatically downloading a model of the application, the model comprising the selected user interface template, the received business logic definition parameters and an indication of a selected service or a service that is not currently available; and

automatically transmitting the model to the second developer for building the potential service.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting a model of an application, the application comprising the selected user interface template, the received business logic definition parameters and an indication of a selected service.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the potential services are associated with ODATA.