System and method for adding transport protocols in distributed middleware applications

A method for allowing arbitrary protocols to be added or plugged into a distributed application utilizing middleware for communication without accessing the source code for the middleware or producing a new version of the middleware source code, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first computer executing middleware, one or more transport protocols and first application software, the first application software being part of the distributed application;
• providing a second computer executing second application software, the second application software being part of the distributed application;
• providing a connection bridge for communicating between the one or more transport protocols and the middleware of the first computer;
• as a result of communication between the first application software and the second application software, generating an action requests by at least one transport protocol of the one or more transport protocols, the action request including a protocol connection identifier;
• sending the action request to the connection bridge;
• said connection bridge notifying said middleware that an action request is ready to have an action performed;
• said connection bridge transferring said protocol connection identifier to said middleware;
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• adding to the middleware of the first computer an additional transport protocol in support of communication between the first and second application software using the protocol connection identifier and without accessing the source code for the middleware or producing the new version of the middleware source code.