8.2. Order Processing Center Architecture and Design

We start the examination of the order processing center architecture and design with the problem statement. We then look at the key design choices that were made to solve the problem.

8.2.1. Web Service Interaction and Message Exchange

The key architectural problem that the adventure builder enterprise must solve is the communication and interaction among different entities or applications, both internal and external entities. (Refer to Figure 8.2 on page 343, which shows the lines of communication between the application entities.) These entities and applications must communicate with each other, often exchanging messages such of documents of various types across numerous boundaries, and work ...

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