SOA Design Patterns

Appendix C. Principles of Service-Orientation

The first draft of the SOA Design Patterns manuscript was originally written for a book that was to be called “SOA: Principles and Patterns.” After the manuscript became too bulky for one book, it was decided to split it up into two titles: one about design patterns and one about design principles.

The latter was published in a book called SOA Principles of Service Design, which preceded SOA Design Patterns. Eight specific design principles were documented in this book, each explored in a dedicated chapter. Collectively, these principles comprise the service-orientation design paradigm, ...