1. A computer-implemented method of transparently modifying network packet communications of a middleware component within a distributed software product executing on a processing device, comprising: intercepting network communications of the middleware component, where the network communications are at least one of transmitted to and transmitted from the middleware component; accessing a modification value and a modification type to determine the modification value and the modification type to perform on the network communications; modifying the network communications according to the modification value and according to the modification type as modified network communications; outputting the modified network communications.