Techniques for interfacing between web services and interface description language (IDL)-based remote procedure call (RPC) services and an optical communication system implementing same

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable program code executable by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to:

• receive a request message from a remote computing device, the request message comprising a network element address;
• select a precompiled interface description language (IDL) adapter associated with the network element address from a library of precompiled IDL adapters;
• identify at least one remote procedure call (RPC) function to perform based on the selected precompiled IDL adapter;
• convert, via the selected precompiled IDL adapter, the request message to an IDL-based message;
• send the IDL-based message to a network element associated with the network element address;
• and
• send a response message to the remote computing device based on a response from execution of the at least one RPC function, the response message being a same format as the user request.

A method comprising:

• receiving a request message from a remote computing device, the request message comprising a network element address;
• selecting, via one or more processors, a precompiled interface description language (IDL) adapter associated with the network element address from a library of precompiled IDL adapters stored in the memory;
• identifying, via the one or more processors, at least one remote procedure call (RPC) function to perform based on the selected precompiled IDL adapter;
• converting, via the selected precompiled IDL adapter, the request message to an IDL-based message;
• sending the IDL-based message to a network element associated with the network element address;
• and
• sending a response message to the remote computing device based on a response from execution of the at least one RPC function, the response message being a same format as the user request.