SOA and Web Services Interface Design

Table of contents

1. Cover Image
2. Content
3. Title
4. Copyright
5. Acknowledgments
6. Chapter 1. SOA—A Common Sense Definition
   1. 1.1 Origins of SOA
   2. 1.2 A Definition for SOA
   3. 1.3 Consumers, Services, and Intermediaries
   4. 1.4 Messaging—The Means of Interaction Between Consumer and Services
   5. 1.5 SOA Capabilities
   6. 1.6 The Benefits of SOA
   7. Summary
7. Chapter 2. Core SOA Principles
   1. 2.1 Loose Coupling
   2. 2.2 Interoperability
   3. 2.3 Reusability
   4. 2.4 Discoverability
   5. 2.5 Governance
   6. Summary
8. Chapter 3. Web Services and Other Service Types and Styles
   1. 3.1 Web Services and SOAP
   2. 3.2 ReST Style Services
   3. 3.3 Legacy Services and APIs
   4. Summary
9. Chapter 4. Data, the Missing Link
   1. 4.1 Data at Rest—Persistence
   2. 4.2 Data in Motion—Messaged Context
   3. Summary
10. Chapter 5. Data Services
    1. 5.1 A Single Data at Rest Data Source
    2. 5.2 Multiple and Disparate Data at Rest Sources
    3. 5.3 Resolving Impedance with Data Services
    4. 5.4 CRUD-Based Data Services
    5. Summary
11. Chapter 6. Transformation to Resolve Data Impedance
    1. 6.1 Transformation
    2. 6.2 Translation
    3. 6.3 Aggregation
    4. 6.4 Abstraction
    5. 6.5 Rationalization
    6. Summary
12. Chapter 7. The Service Interface— Contract
    1. 7.1 Web Services Description Language–WSDL
    2. 7.2 XML Schemas–XSD
    3. 7.3 Extensible Markup Language
    4. Summary
13. Chapter 8. Canonical Message Design
    1. 8.1 The Message is a Hierarchy
    2. 8.2 Top-Down Canonical Message Design
    3. 8.3 Model-Driven Interface Design
    4. Summary
14. Chapter 9. The Enterprise Taxonomy
    1. 9.1 Focus on Common Business Language for Discovery
    2. 9.2 Broadening and Extending the Taxonomy
    3. 9.3 Registry Entries and Discovery
    4. Summary
15. Chapter 10. XML Schema Basics
    1. 10.1 Elements
    2. 10.2 Attributes
    3. 10.3 simpleTypes
    4. 10.4 complexTypes
    5. 10.5 Groups
    6. 10.6 Namespaces
    7. 10.7 import, include
    8. Summary
16. Chapter 11. XML Schema Design Patterns
    1. 11.1 Complextype Patterns
    2. 11.2 Global Declaration Patterns
    3. 11.3 Local Declaration Patterns
    4. 11.4 Reusable Schema Patterns
    5. 11.5 Substitution Group Patterns
    6. Summary
17. Chapter 12. Schema Assembly and Reuse
    1. 12.1 Considerations for Schema Reuse
    2. 12.2 Namespaces
    3. 12.3 Schema Reuse by Reference and Assembly
    4. 12.4 Limitations and Complexities
    5. Summary
18. Chapter 13. The Interface and Change
    1. 13.1 Schema Extension
    2. 13.2 Schema Versioning
    3. 13.3 Change and Capabilities of the ESB and WSM
    4. Summary
19. Chapter 14. Service Operations and Overloading
    1. 14.1 Service Granularity
    2. 14.2 Scoping of Service Operations
    3. 14.3 Operations Overloading
    4. Summary
20. Chapter 15. Selective Data Fragmentation
    1. 15.1 Avoiding a Complex or Non-Deterministic Content Model
    2. Summary
21. Chapter 16. Update Transactions
    1. 16.1 Update Transactions and State
    2. 16.2 Request-Reply Message Exchange Patterns
    3. 16.3 Complexities of Fire and Forget for Updates
    4. Summary
22. Chapter 17. Fixed-Length Transactions
    1. Summary
23. Chapter 18. Document Literal Interfaces
    1. Summary
24. Chapter 19. Performance Analysis and Optimization Techniques
    1. 19.1 Complexity of Consumer and Service Behavior
    2. 19.2 Performance of the Enterprise Services Bus or Message Backbone
    3. 19.3 Security
    4. 19.4 Complexity and Size of the Message
    5. Summary
25. Chapter 20. Error Definition and Handling
    1. Summary
26. Appendix A1. Glossary and Abbreviations
27. Appendix A2. Important Web Services and Related Specifications
28. Appendix A3. References and Bibliography
    1. References
29. Index