20. A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to display a graphical programming interface that allows a user to: generate a typical component template that defines an implementation of a process control loop function that may be utilized by a plurality of plant equipment devices within a process plant; generate a first and a second adapter component template, the first and the second adapter component templates having one or more configurable logical expressions or one or more configurable logic algorithms; generate a graphical programming interface to allow for modification of the first and the second adapter component templates based on a specific process control operation associated with each of a first and a second plant equipment device, respectively, from among the plurality of plant equipment devices, wherein modification of the first and the second adapter component templates includes defining the one or more configurable logical expressions or the one or more configurable logic algorithms to specify how the first and the second adapter component templates interact with the typical component template and signals to or from the first and the second plant equipment devices, respectively to define for the first and the second plant equipment devices, respectively, the specific process control operation utilizing the process control loop function defined by the typical component template, wherein the process control loop function includes one or more of: (i) a proportional-integral-derivative control operation, (ii) a proportional-integral control operation, (iii) a start permit control operation, (iv) an alarm control operation, or (v) a native control component operation; and instantiate the typical component template with each of first and the second adapter component templates, respectively, to generate a first and a second native control component, respectively, wherein the first native control component, when executed, by one or more processors associated with one or more process controllers communicatively coupled to one or more host work stations and the plurality of plant equipment devices, performs the specific process control operation for the first plant equipment device utilizing the process control loop function defined by the typical component template in accordance with the modified first adapter component template, and wherein the second native control component, when executed, by one or more processors associated with one or more process controllers communicatively coupled to one or more host work stations and the plurality of plant equipment devices, performs the specific process control operation for the second plant equipment device utilizing the process control loop function defined by the typical component template in accordance with the modified second adapter component template.
23. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 20 , wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate the one or more configurable logic algorithms to provide one or more logic states based on whether conditions are satisfied in accordance with the one or more configurable logical expressions.