Linking functionality for encoding application state in linked resources in a stateless microkernel web server architecture

摘要

A method of serving a resource to a client via a computer network is provided. The method may include at an HTTP server system having a stateless microkernel architecture, the server system including one or more link resource servers, receiving an HTTP request for a resource from an HTTP client via a computer network, the request being to perform a resource operation, the resource operation being to retrieve the resource and send the resource to the requesting client, wherein the resource is a data object. The method may further include determining if the resource operation is authorized based on the request. If the resource operation is authorized, the method may include sending the resource operation to an object server associated with the resource identified by the request, in response receiving a data object from the object server, providing, via a linking engine, the data object to each link resource server of the one or more link resource servers, in response receiving one or more links from each of the one or more link resource servers, embedding the links in the data object, and sending the data object to the requesting client via the computer network.