System and method for switching between stateful and stateless communication modes

A system comprising:

• a computing device configured to execute a method, the method comprising:
• receiving a request directed to a backend application interface from an interface proxy, the interface proxy replicating services exposed by the backend application;
• identifying a communication mode for the application;
• if the communication mode is a stateful mode:
• opening a connection to the backend application interface;
• sending the request to the backend application interface over the connection;
• and
• if a second request is received for the same application interface, maintaining the connection, otherwise closing the connection;
• if the communication mode is a stateful-over-stateless mode:
• queuing the request in a command queue;
• if the command queue contains previous requests for the same user interaction as the request, sending the previous requests to the application interface to establish a previous state of the application interface;
• and
• sending the request to the backend application;
• if the communication mode is a stateless mode:
• opening a connection to the backend application interface;
• sending the request to the backend application interface over the connection;
• and
• closing the connection;
• and
• receiving a response from the backend application interface;
• and
• sending the response to the interface proxy.

A computer readable storage medium storing thereon program instructions that, when executed, cause an executing device to:

• receive a request directed to a backend application interface from an interface proxy, the interface proxy replicating services exposed by the backend application;
• identify a communication mode for the application;
• if the communication mode is a stateful mode:
• open a connection to the backend application interface;
• send the request to the backend application interface over the connection;
• and
• if a second request is received for the same application interface, maintain the connection, otherwise closing the connection;
• if the communication mode is a stateful-over-stateless mode:
• queue the request in a command queue;
• if the command queue contains previous requests for the same user interaction as the request, send the previous requests to the application interface to establish a previous state of the application interface;
• and
• send the request to the backend application;
• if the communication mode is a stateless mode:
• open a connection to the backend application interface;
• send the request to the backend application interface over the connection;
• and
• close the connection;
• and
• receive a response from the backend application interface;
• and
• send the response to the interface proxy.