Hands-On Software Architecture with Java

Chapter 12: Cross-Cutting Concerns

Throughout the previous chapters, we have explored many different aspects of Java application development. Starting from the beginning of the development life cycle (including requirements collection and architecture design), we've focused on many different technological aspects, including frameworks and middleware.

At this point, several cross-cutting concerns need to be examined, regardless of the kind of application we are building and the architectural style we choose. In this chapter, we are going to look at a few of these aspects, as follows:

• Identity management
• Security
• Resiliency

The cross-cutting concerns discussed in this chapter provide some very useful information about topics that are crucial ...