9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific adaptor class further comprises a periodic communication or an aperiodic communication adaptor class.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at an integration layer, a connection request from an auto-id component to be connected to an auto-id node, the connection request specifying one or more communication parameters of the auto-id component; instantiating a generic adaptor class for effecting communication between the auto-id node and the auto-id component, the generic adaptor implementing functionality common to multiple different, specific adaptor classes stored in a class repository of the integration layer; instantiating a generic communicator class for effecting a data transport aspect of the communication between the auto-id node and the auto-id component, the generic communicator class implementing functionality common to multiple different, specific communicator classes stored in the class repository, and the generic communicator class being a component of the generic adaptor class; instantiating a generic converter class for effecting a data conversion aspect of the communication between the auto-id node and the auto-id component, the generic converter class implementing functionality common to multiple different, specific converter classes stored in the class repository, and the generic converter class being a component of the generic adaptor class; identifying, from among the multiple different adaptor, communicator, and converter classes stored in the class repository, a specific adaptor, a specific communicator class, and a specific converter class, respectively, based on the specified communication parameters; instantiating the identified specific adaptor, communicator, and converter classes; adding the identified specific adaptor, communicator, and converter classes to an instance list and effecting the communication between the auto-id component and the auto-id node using the instantiated generic adaptor, communicator, and converter classes and the instantiated specific adaptor, communicator, and converter classes.