Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing schema-driven on-the-fly code generation within a cloud based computing environment

A system comprising:

• a memory to store instructions;
• a processor to execute the instructions stored within the memory;
• a network connected web services bridge communicably interfacing the system with a remote web services platform;
• wherein the web services bridge is to further retrieve a schema from a remote web services platform and parsing the schema to identify available method signatures within the schema defining one or more of permitted arguments, permitted parameters, and permitted data types to be passed with methods provided by the remote web services platform;
• a parser to write a callable native and local class into a database system of the host organization by storing a database record in the database system for each of the methods provided, each database record defining (i) a method name, (ii) any permissible parameter, argument, and data type, and (iii) the location of the method;
• wherein the web services bridge is to further generate a class structure for each callable native and local class having code therein which permits the methods at the remote web services platform corresponding to the available method signatures identified to be called as the native and local class by instantiating communications to the remote web services platform when called;
• wherein the web services bridge is to further represent a complete class to a class browser for each of the callable native and local classes, wherein the database system lacks any implementation functionality to perform the methods and calls the remote web services platform via a network call to perform the functionality of the methods when the respective methods are invoked at runtime of the application;
• a developer platform to design an application by selecting at a GUI, one or more of the callable native and local classes to perform functionality for the application;
• and
• wherein the host organization is to execute the application, wherein any call to the callable native and local classes by the application comprises calling one of the callable native and local classes stored within the database record in the database system as the native and local class invoking the functionality at the remote web services platform corresponding to the native and local class called by the application.

Non-transitory computer readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a system, the instructions cause the system to perform operations including:

• retrieving a schema from a remote web services platform and parsing the schema to identify available method signatures within the schema defining one or more of permitted arguments, permitted parameters, and permitted data types to be passed with methods provided by the remote web services platform;
• writing a callable native and local class into a database system of the host organization by storing a database record in the database system for each of the methods provided, each database record defining (i) a method name, (ii) any permissible parameter, argument, and data type, and (iii) the location of the method;
• generating a class structure for each callable native and local class having code therein which permits the methods at the remote web services platform corresponding to the available method signatures identified to be called as the native and local class by instantiating communications to the remote web services platform when called;
• representing a complete class to a class browser for each of the callable native and local classes, wherein the database system lacks any implementation functionality to perform the methods and calls the remote web services platform via a network call to perform the functionality of the methods when the respective methods are invoked at runtime of the application;
• designing an application by selecting at a GUI, one or more of the callable native and local classes to perform functionality for the application;
• and
• executing the application, wherein any call to the callable native and local classes by the application comprises calling one of the callable native and local classes stored within the database record in the database system as the native and local class invoking the functionality at the remote web services platform corresponding to the native and local class called by the application.