Service-Oriented Architecture: Analysis and Design for Services and Microservices

Chapter 4. Understanding SOA

Introduction to SOA

4.1 The Four Characteristics of SOA

4.2 The Four Common Types of SOA

4.3 The End Result of Service-Orientation and SOA

4.4 SOA Project and Lifecycle Stages

The focus of this chapter is to establish the link between service-orientation and technology architecture, establish distinct SOA characteristics and types, and raise key project delivery considerations.

Note

Several of the upcoming sections make reference to clouds and cloud computing in general. If you are new to cloud computing, you can find introductory content at www.whatiscloud.com and cloud computing patterns at www.cloudpatterns.org ...