Model-based backend service adaptation of business objects

A non-transitory, computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, at a generic interface associated with at least one backend application, a request for data from a particular backend application;
• identifying a service for execution associated with the received request based at least in part on the received request;
• identifying a configuration entry associated with the identified service in a configuration table;
• determining, based on the configuration entry and the requested data, at least one business object associated with the particular backend application to be accessed to provide the requested data, the at least one business object being determined from a plurality of business objects associated with the particular backend application;
• determining, based on the configuration entry, a set of access-related information associated with the at least one business object, the access-related information including a view providing a metadata-based description of the at least one business object associated with the backend application and a view instance used for accessing the at least one business object;
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• requesting data from a business logic layer of the particular backend application based, at least in part, on the access-related information associated with the at least one business object, wherein the requesting is performed using the view instance included in the access-related information.

A system comprising:

• one or more computers;
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• a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more computers having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, at a generic interface associated with at least one backend application, a request for data from a particular backend application;
• identifying a service for execution associated with the received request based at least in part on the received request;
• identifying a configuration entry associated with the identified service in a configuration table;
• determining, based on the configuration entry and the requested data, at least one business object associated with the particular backend application to be accessed to provide the requested data, the at least one business object being determined from a plurality of business objects associated with the particular backend application;
• determining, based on the configuration entry, a set of access-related information associated with the at least one business object, the access-related information including a view providing a metadata-based description of the at least one business object associated with the backend application and a view instance used for accessing the at least one business object;
• and
• requesting data from a business logic layer of the particular backend application based, at least in part, on the access-related information associated with the at least one business object, wherein the requesting is performed using the view instance included in the access-related information.