Customized web services gateway

A gateway for facilitating access to a resource, the gateway comprising:

• a hardware processor;
• and
• a context mapper in communication with the hardware processor, wherein the context mapper is configured:
• to receive a request from a client, wherein the request includes a uniform resource identifier that references an interface associated with the resource;
• to identify a method type of the request and a path component count of path components in the uniform resource identifier;
• to successively matches path components of the uniform resource identifier to a corresponding character sequence in a set of candidate sequences, wherein the set of candidate sequences is identified based on the method type, the path component count, and any previously matched corresponding character sequences;
• to identify an context resource identifier for the resource based on the method type, the path component count, and the matched corresponding character sequences;
• and
• to send the request to the resource according to the context resource identifier.

A computer program product for facilitating access to a resource, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage media;
• program code, stored on the computer readable storage media, for receiving a request from a client, wherein the request includes a uniform resource identifier that references an interface associated with the resource;
• program code, stored on the computer readable storage media, for identifying a method type of the request and a path component count of path components in the uniform resource identifier;
• program code, stored on the computer readable storage media, for successively matching path components of the uniform resource identifier to a corresponding character sequence in a set of candidate sequences, wherein the set of candidate sequences is identified based on the method type, the path component count, and any previously matched corresponding character sequences;
• program code, stored on the computer readable storage media, for identifying an context resource identifier for the resource based on the method type, the path component count, and the matched corresponding character sequences;
• and
• program code, stored on the computer readable storage media, for sending the request to the resource according to the context resource identifier.