December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
468 pages
13h 12m
English
book
Architectural Patterns
by Anupama Murali, Pethuru Raj, Harihara Subramanian J, Pethuru Raj Chelliah
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Messaging-based microservices composition pattern
Some communication between services is a requirement, even when they're isolated. Since applications consist of several microservices, the microservices will need to function together as an application in some way. Changes in the state of a given service may be of interest to other microservices. Data from one microservice may be needed by another microservice. There are many reasons for services to communicate. Good architectures manage communications by making the microservice API the only entry point for accessing its services.
Microservices APIs can be either synchronous or asynchronous. Synchronous patterns can be problematic because of network latencies and intermittent connectivity. ...