A method executed on a computing device for providing client and service compatibility through cloud-hosted adapters (106, 202, 412, 624), the method comprising: receiving a client request from a client (110, 204, 402) at a client interface in a cloud-hosted adapter (106, 202, 412, 624); translating the client request to a service request for a service (102, 104, 206, 414) at a service interface (212, 214, 216) of a shared component said shared component having multiple service interfaces of the cloud-hosted adapter (106, 202, 412, 624) to provide compatibility between the client (110, 204, 402) and the service (102, 104, 206, 414) without the client (110, 204, 402) having knowledge of communication capability with the service (102, 104, 206, 414); transmitting the service request from the service interface (212, 214, 216) of the shared component of the cloud-hosted adapter (106, 202, 412, 624) to the service (102, 104, 206, 414); receiving a service reply from the service (102, 104, 206, 414) at the service interface (212, 214, 216) of the shared component; translating the service reply to a client reply at the client interface of the cloud-hosted adapter (106, 202, 412, 624) to provide compatibility between the service (102, 104, 206, 414) and the client (110, 204, 402) without the service (102, 104, 206, 414) having knowledge of communication capability with the client (110, 204, 402); and transmitting the client reply from the client interface to the client (110, 204, 402), wherein the client interface communicates with the client (110, 204, 402) through a first set of generic communication protocols, data structures, and data attribute mappings, and wherein the shared component communicates with the service (102, 104, 206, 414) through one of said multiple service interfaces(212, 214, 216) having common communication protocols, data structures, and data attribute mappings with the service (102, 104, 206, 414). receiving a client request from a client (110, 204, 402) at a client interface in a cloud-hosted adapter (106, 202, 412, 624); translating the client request to a service request for a service (102, 104, 206, 414) at a service interface (212, 214, 216) of a shared component said shared component having multiple service interfaces of the cloud-hosted adapter (106, 202, 412, 624) to provide compatibility between the client (110, 204, 402) and the service (102, 104, 206, 414) without the client (110, 204, 402) having knowledge of communication capability with the service (102, 104, 206, 414); transmitting the service request from the service interface (212, 214, 216) of the shared component of the cloud-hosted adapter (106, 202, 412, 624) to the service (102, 104, 206, 414); receiving a service reply from the service (102, 104, 206, 414) at the service interface (212, 214, 216) of the shared component; translating the service reply to a client reply at the client interface of the cloud-hosted adapter (106, 202, 412, 624) to provide compatibility between the service (102, 104, 206, 414) and the client (110, 204, 402) without the service (102, 104, 206, 414) having knowledge of communication capability with the client (110, 204, 402); and transmitting the client reply from the client interface to the client (110, 204, 402), wherein the client interface communicates with the client (110, 204, 402) through a first set of generic communication protocols, data structures, and data attribute mappings, and wherein the shared component communicates with the service (102, 104, 206, 414) through one of said multiple service interfaces(212, 214, 216) having common communication protocols, data structures, and data attribute mappings with the service (102, 104, 206, 414).