Enterprise API Management

Data validation

This is similar to the previous description; however, in this case, if the execution of business rules is required, it must either be self-contained within the logic of the service itself or as a sidecar.

Sidecar is a pattern typically adopted in container orchestration environments (for example, Kubernetes clusters) whereby a container is attached to another (like a sidecar attached to a motorbike) in support of specific functionality. The following article describes this pattern in great detail: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/sidecar.