Chapter 9. Data representation and transformation

This chapter covers

  • Describing and representing data in various ways
  • Explaining requirements for data representations
  • Transforming data without application coding

Handling of data in a service-oriented environment can be challenging. Data has to travel over the network between service providers and consumers, and this data exchange may be implemented using different technologies. In this chapter we’ll explain how data can be represented, where data transformation is needed, and how Tuscany handles this in order to preserve the flexibility of SCA-enabled applications.

We’ll use the credit card payment example from the TuscanySCATours scenario to demonstrate how collaborating business services ...

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