MicroGraphQL: a Unified Communication Approach for Systems of Systems using Microservices and GraphQL
Context: establishing forms of unified communication in Aknowledge Systems of Systems (SoS) is a difficult and complex task that requires constant studies by the developer on current versions of APIs of other constituent systems, connection forms, data request and return. Objective: in order to minimize that aspect, this paper proposes a new approach, called MicroGraphQL, to allow fast and unified communication of constituent systems through GraphQL. To this end, the approach uses 2 microservices (API Similarity Analyzer Service, GraphQL Code Generator Service) and a GraphQL Gateway, which together analyze communication similarities between APIs and generate GraphQL code for these similarities. Methods: the proof-of-concept of the approach is supported by the microGraphQLTool tool, which implements the microservices and the GraphQL Gateway using the JavaScript language and the Apollo library. Results: the applicability of the proposed approach is successfully performed in two real APIs of systems constituting a sales SoS of a multinational company, allowing the use of GraphQL to unify them. Conclusion: the approach supports the development of new forms of SoS integration, facilitating developers’ activities in relation to obtaining information from APIs of other systems.
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11:30 - 12:20 | Technical Session 2: Systems-of-Systems & ApplicationsSESoS at SESoS room Chair(s): Rodrigo Santos UNIRIO - Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro | ||
11:30 16mPaper | Exploring Non-functional Coupling in Systems of Systems SESoS | ||
11:46 16mPaper | MicroGraphQL: a Unified Communication Approach for Systems of Systems using Microservices and GraphQL SESoS Marcos Vinicius de Freitas Borges Federal Institute of Maranhão, Lincoln Rocha Federal University of Ceará, Paulo Maia State University of Ceará | ||
12:03 16mPaper | Integration Challenges for Digital Twin Systems-of-Systems SESoS Judith Michael RWTH Aachen University, Jérôme Pfeiffer University of Stuttgart, Germany, Bernhard Rumpe RWTH Aachen, Andreas Wortmann University of Stuttgart |