Flextory: Flexible Software Factory of IoT Data Consumers.

Area of Science:

• Computer Science
• Software Engineering
• Internet of Things

Background:

• The Internet of Things (IoT) generates vast amounts of heterogeneous data, necessitating robust software architectures for data production, processing, and analysis.
• IoT applications commonly utilize message brokers for managing data traffic between endpoints.
• Current data processing applications (consumers) often require ad hoc development due to case-specific configurations.

Purpose of the Study:

• To introduce Flextory, a software factory tool designed to automate the construction of configurable consumer applications for IoT.
• To simplify the development process for IoT developers by abstracting away the complexities of building custom consumer applications.
• To enable the creation of adaptable consumer applications (FLEX-consumers) that can be easily configured for diverse IoT use cases.

Main Methods:

• Flextory functions as a software factory, guiding developers through the automatic generation of Java consumer applications.
• Developers select desired features, such as communication protocols, during the generation process.
• The generated FLEX-consumers can connect to messaging servers like RabbitMQ for message processing.

Main Results:

• Flextory facilitates the automatic construction of configurable consumer applications, termed FLEX-consumers.
• Developers can concentrate on data processing algorithms, as Flextory handles the underlying consumer application structure.
• The resulting FLEX-consumers offer configurable behavior and seamless integration with messaging servers.

Conclusions:

• Flextory significantly eases the development of IoT consumer applications by automating their creation.
• The tool promotes the use of configurable and adaptable software solutions in the IoT domain.
• Flextory empowers developers to focus on core data processing logic, enhancing efficiency in IoT projects.