Abstract: A novel communication device (e.g., router or switch) facilitates interoperation between a plurality of middleware. The communication device has in-ports, out-ports, and a configurator. In-ports, IP0, . . . , IPm, are associated with a middleware from a plurality of middleware and out-ports, OP0, . . . , OPn, are associated with a middleware from the plurality of middleware. The configurator configures in-ports and out-ports based on a binding and transport of associated middleware and the novel communication device facilitates interoperation between middleware via a communication path between at least one configured in-port and at least one configured out-port, with the communication path allowing an incoming message to pass from said at least one configured in-port to said at least one configured out-port. Parameters ‘m’ and ‘n’ are chosen such that any of the following conditions are true: m=0 and n?1, m?1 and n=0, m=n, m=1 and n>1, m>1 and n=1, and m?n.

Abstract: A communication system is introduced to integrate middleware having in-ports, out-ports, a configurator, and intermediary elements. The configurable in-ports and out-ports are used to facilitate communication with specific middleware among a set of middleware. A configurator configures in-ports and out-ports corresponding to specific middleware, wherein each in-port and each out-port is configured based on a binding and a transport. The configured in-ports, the configured out-ports, and the intermediary elements form one or more paths over which data is moved, with each of the intermediary elements performing any of, or a combination of, the following: propagation of transaction information, transformation of data, load balancing, fault tolerance, session management, orchestration, security, or control of transaction boundaries.

Abstract: A system/method is introduced that integrates middleware components without canonicalization of data at runtime, where the system/method receives inputs identifying at least a first and second middleware to be made interoperative (via a communication path between an in-port corresponding to the first middleware and an out-port corresponding to the second middleware), receives an incoming message at the in-port, handles the received message as a plurality of parts and where, for each part, a data-object is created based on an identified type factory, with the in-port populating the data-object with values from corresponding part of the message and passing the populated data object from the in-port corresponding to the first middleware to the out-port corresponding to the second middleware.

Abstract: A system and method is introduced that integrates middleware components without canonicalization of data at runtime. An interface receives inputs identifying at least a first and second middleware to be made interoperative and a configurator configures at least an in-port and an out-port based on a binding and transport associated with the first and second middleware, respectively. Interoperation of the first and second middleware is effected via at least one communication path between the configured in-port and out-port, wherein the communication path allows an incoming message to pass from the in-port corresponding to said first middleware to the out-port corresponding to the second middleware without the creation of an intermediate canonical message.