Adaptable application programming interfaces and specification of same

摘要

Aspects of the disclosure relate to defining and/or specifying an application programming interface (API) between a client and a computing device (such as a server) in a manner that the client, the computing device, or both, can evolve independently while preserving inter-operability.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
accessing, by a computing device, an application domain object model; mapping, at the computing device, the application domain object model to a hypermedia application programming interface (API) according to at least one of a plurality of conventions for data representations and method representations; and providing the hypermedia API to a client device, wherein the plurality of conventions are configured to allow the client device to be compatible with a change to at least one of the data representations and the method representations by the computing device without a corresponding change to the client device, wherein the change to at least one of the data representations and the method representations comprises at least one of a change of data provided by the hypermedia API to a link to the data and a change of the link to data provided by the hypermedia API to the data.