Method and system for configuring constraints for a resource in an electronic device

An electronic device, comprising:

• a processor coupled to a memory and configured to execute programmed instructions stored in the memory comprising:
• obtaining information regarding a hardware or software configuration of an existing work environment of the electronic device via an application program interface (API) in response to a request to access a resource;
• identifying one or more constraints associated with the resource from a constraint specification file for the resource;
• comparing the constraints associated with the resource to the configuration information regarding the hardware or software configuration of the existing work environment derived from the electronic device hosting the resource via the API call;
• determining when the hardware or software configuration of the existing work environment requires modification in order to provide access to the resource based on the comparison and irrespective of any information associated with a user or a source of the access request;
• storing by the electronic device a state of the existing work environment comprising the hardware or software configuration of the existing work environment, modifying the hardware or software configuration of the existing work environment in order to satisfy one or more of the constraints, and providing access to the resource irrespective of any instrumentality by which the access request is made, when the determining indicates that the existing work environment requires modification in order to provide access to the resource;
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• restoring by the electronic device the existing work environment subsequent to an exit of the resource comprising returning the hardware or software configuration to the stored state.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for facilitating resource access comprising executable code which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform steps comprising:

• obtaining information regarding a hardware or software configuration of an existing work environment of an electronic device via an application program interface (API) in response to a request to access a resource;
• identifying one or more constraints associated with the resource from a constraint specification file for the resource;
• comparing the constraints associated with the resource to the configuration information regarding the hardware or software configuration of the existing work environment derived from the electronic device hosting the resource via the API call;
• determining when the hardware or software configuration of the existing work environment requires modification in order to provide access to the resource based on the comparison and irrespective of any information associated with a user or a source of the access request;
• storing by the electronic device a state of the existing work environment comprising the hardware or software configuration of the existing work environment, modifying the hardware or software configuration of the existing work environment in order to satisfy one or more of the constraints, and providing access to the resource irrespective of any instrumentality by which the access request is made, when the determining indicates that the existing work environment requires modification in order to provide access to the resource;
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• restoring by the electronic device the existing work environment subsequent to an exit of the resource comprising returning the hardware or software configuration to the stored state.