Web Service Contract Design and Versioning for SOA

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 About this Book

1.2 Objectives of this Book

1.3 Who this Book is For

1.4 What this Book Does Not Cover

1.5 Prerequisite Reading

1.6 Supplementary Reading

1.7 How this Book is Organized

1.8 Symbols, Figures, and Style Conventions

1.9 Additional Information

1.1. About this Book

The notion of a contract is something most of us are very familiar with. It’s an agreement between two parties on a set of terms usually to govern the exchange of something. Without contracts, the world (especially the business world) could not operate the way it does today. Each contract that two parties adhere to guarantees that an exchange is ...