Chapter 13. Exposed Router runtime pattern: SOA profile 389
13.2 Design guidelines
In this section, we analyze the business requirements and apply Patterns for
e-business to determine the appropriate runtime pattern for the solution. We then
discuss the various design options available to us in implementing the solution
and also look at the product mappings.
13.2.1 Analyze business requirements
The business scenario requires the replenishment order request from the
Warehouse application to be forwarded to, at most, one of the multiple partner
Manufacturer applications and services. This requires moving the routing rules
from the individual applications within the enterprise to the integration
middleware component.
The benefits of moving the ...