Transport channel via web socket for ODATA

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, from a consuming application, a first OData request over a web socket connection;
• translating the first OData request to a format used by an OData runtime environment;
• sending the first OData request to the OData runtime environment;
• receiving a response to the first OData request from the OData runtime environment;
• incorporating the response to the first OData request into a first web socket message;
• and
• sending the first web socket message to the consuming application, over the web socket connection, in response to the first OData request.

A computer program product encoded on a non-transitory storage medium, the product comprising non-transitory, computer readable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a consuming application, a first OData request over a web socket connection;
• translating the first OData request to a format used by an OData runtime environment;
• sending the first OData request to the OData runtime environment;
• receiving a response to the first OData request from the OData runtime environment;
• incorporating the response to the first OData request into a first web socket message;
• and
• sending the first web socket message to the consuming application, over the web socket connection, in response to the first OData request, wherein the web socket connection remains open after the first web socket message is sent.