Request and response decoupling via pluggable transports in a service oriented pipeline architecture for a request response message exchange

A method comprising:

• reading a configuration file, the configuration file specifying a first stage that specifies processing of a protocol-agnostic portion of a message;
• and
• adding, by one or more processors, the first stage to a processing pipeline, the processing pipeline being configured to process received messages according to the first stage and a second stage, the second stage being a stage of the processing pipeline that specifies processing of a protocol-specific portion of the message, the processing pipeline being further configured to transport the processed message to a service via a transport mechanism.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• reading a configuration file, the configuration file specifying a first stage that specifies processing of a protocol-agnostic portion of a message;
• and
• adding, by one or more processors, the first stage to a processing pipeline, the processing pipeline being configured to process received messages according to the first stage and a second stage, the second stage being a stage of the processing pipeline that specifies processing of a protocol-specific portion of the message, the processing pipeline being further configured to transport the processed message to a service via a transport mechanism.