Dynamic host integration
View Patent ↗Dynamic host integration techniques are provided. A Transaction-based system integrates heterogeneous hosts to perform various operations associated with the transaction-based system. A command handler implements a specific operation for a host system and a protocol handler implements a specific communication protocol for contacting and having the host system execute the specific operation. For any given transaction within the transaction-based system a command handler and a protocol handler are dynamically acquired and bound to the processing flow to execute a desired operation on a remote and heterogeneous host system.
1. A processor-implemented method programmed in a non-transitory processor-readable medium and to execute on one or more processors of a machine configured to execute the method, comprising:
identifying, at the machine, a host system;
acquiring, via the machine, a command handler to process an operation on the host system;
obtaining, via the machine, a protocol handler for communicating the command handler to the host system;
initiating, via the machine, the operation on the host system using the protocol handler to communicate the command handler for the operation, wherein initiating further includes dynamically binding the command handler and the protocol handler to a transaction being processed by the method; and
processing, via the machine, the transaction as a travel related transaction that incorporates a plurality of disparate and distinct host systems to process the transaction including the host system, wherein processing further includes dynamically processing the transaction without recompiling any component of the host system, the distinct host systems, or the method.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising, processing the method as a portion of a generic transaction processing system that enlists the host system to process the operation on behalf of the generic transaction processing system.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising, integrating results from processing the operation on the host system back into the generic transaction processing system as communicated via the command handler via the protocol handler.
4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
utilizing, by the machine, a different command handler and a different protocol handler to process a different operation on a different host system; and
integrating, via the machine, additional results returned from the different command handler via the different protocol handler into the generic transaction processing system.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying further includes processing a transaction that identifies the operation and searching an index to locate the host system having the operation.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying further includes identifying an environment for the host system as a different environment from that which is associated with the method.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring further includes acquiring the command handler in response to an identity associated with the host system.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the protocol handler in response to an identity associated with the host system.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating further includes processing the operation to retrieve or make a travel reservation from a third-party service or to update a loyalty program associated with the third-party service.