Mastering Software Architecture: A Comprehensive New Model and Approach

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M. CarducciMastering Software Architecturehttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0410-6_8

8. Architectural Styles: The Tailor-Made Pattern Language

Michael Carducci¹  

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Parker, CO, USA

 

An architectural style is a named, coordinated set of architectural constraints.

—Roy Fielding

As noted in previous chapters, the business problems architects tackle seldom align perfectly with just nine sizes (the common/conventional architecture patterns). More often than not, any system’s architecture that adheres to a named pattern tweaks it significantly while leaving the label unchanged. This deviation brings forth two critical challenges that the Tailor-Made approach seeks ...