Communication with an application flow in an integration system

A switch module, the switch module comprising:

• a connectivity component, wherein the connectivity component comprises:
• an information storage device adapted to store connection configuration information associated with one or more application flows;
• a registration module adapted to receive connection configuration information associated with an application flow, wherein the received connection configuration information relates to at least two different connection routes to the associated application flow, and to add or remove the connection configuration information to/from the information store based on the availability of the application flow;
• a configuration component configured to identify stored connection configuration information, associated with an application flow, based on a first client initiating a connection to the application flow;
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• a communication component adapted to communicate the identified connection configuration information to the first client, wherein the identified connection configuration information comprises a plurality of connection routes for selection by the first client based on factors comprising network subnet, type of transport, current latency of transport, reliability of transport, communication schedule, size of data and complexity of data.

A server device, the server device comprising:

• a switch module, wherein the switch module further comprises:
• a connectivity component, wherein the connectivity component further comprises:
• an information storage device adapted to store connection configuration information associated with one or more application flows;
• a registration module adapted to receive connection configuration information associated with an application flow, wherein the received connection configuration information relates to at least two different connection routes to the associated application flow, and to add or remove the connection configuration information to/from the information store based on the availability of the application flow;
• a configuration component configured to identify stored connection configuration information, associated with an application flow, based on a first client initiating a connection to the application flow;
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• a communication component adapted to communicate the identified connection configuration information to the first client, wherein the identified connection configuration information comprises a plurality of connection routes for selection by the first client based on factors comprising network subnet, type of transport, current latency of transport, reliability of transport, communication schedule, size of data and complexity of data.

A computer-implemented method for configuring data communication with an application flow in an integration system, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• storing, in an information store, connection configuration information associated with one or more application flows;
• receiving connection configuration information associated with an application flow, wherein the received connection configuration information relates to at least two different connection routes to the associated application flow;
• adding or removing the connection configuration information to/from the information store based on the availability of the application flow;
• identifying stored connection configuration information, associated with an application flow, based on a first client initiating a connection to the application flow;
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• communicating the identified connection configuration information to the first client, wherein the identified connection configuration information comprises a plurality of connection routes for selection by the first client based on factors comprising network subnet, type of transport, current latency of transport, reliability of transport, communication schedule, size of data and complexity of data.

A computer program product for configuring data communication with an application flow in an integration system, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing unit to cause the processing unit to perform a method comprising:
• storing, in an information store, connection configuration information associated with one or more application flows;
• receiving connection configuration information associated with an application flow, wherein the received connection configuration information relates to at least two different connection routes to the associated application flow;
• adding or removing the connection configuration information to/from the information store based on the availability of the application flow;
• identifying stored connection configuration information, associated with an application flow, based on a first client initiating a connection to the application flow;
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• communicating the identified connection configuration information to the first client, wherein the identified connection configuration information comprises a plurality of connection routes for selection by the first client based on factors comprising network subnet, type of transport, current latency of transport, reliability of transport, communication schedule, size of data and complexity of data.