Select a Pattern Agnostic Capability Agnostic Context Agnostic Sub-Controller Asynchronous Queuing Atomic Service Transaction Brokered Authentication Canonical Expression Canonical Protocol Canonical Resources Canonical Schema Canonical Schema Bus Canonical Versioning Capability Composition Capability Recomposition Compatible Change Compensating Service Transaction Composition Autonomy Concurrent Contracts Contract Centralization Contract Denormalization Cross-Domain Utility Layer Data Confidentiality Data Format Transformation Data Model Transformation Data Origin Authentication Decomposed Capability Decoupled Contract Direct Authentication Distributed Capability Domain Inventory Dual Protocols Enterprise Inventory Enterprise Service Bus Entity Abstraction Event-Driven Messaging Exception Shielding Federated Endpoint Layer File Gateway Functional Decomposition Intermediate Routing Inventory Endpoint Legacy Wrapper Logic Centralization Message Screening Messaging Metadata Metadata Centralization Multi-Channel Endpoint Non-Agnostic Context Official Endpoint Orchestration Partial State Deferral Partial Validation Policy Centralization Process Abstraction Process Centralization Protocol Bridging Proxy Capability Redundant Implementation Reliable Messaging Rules Centralization Schema Centralization Service Agent Service Broker Service Callback Service Data Replication Service Decomposition Service Encapsulation Service Facade Service Grid Service Instance Routing Service Layers Service Messaging Service Normalization Service Perimeter Guard Service Refactoring State Messaging State Repository Stateful Services Termination Notification Three-Layer Inventory Trusted Subsystem UI Mediator Utility Abstraction Validation Abstraction Version Identification Overview     History     Acknowledgements     Podcasts     Notification Form     Feedback Form     Press Release #1     Press Release #2     Press Release #3 Master SOA Design Pattern Catalog     Master Pattern List (alphabetical)     Master Pattern List (by category)     Master Pattern List with Page Numbers (PDF)     Master Pattern List (Text)     Pattern Notation     Pattern Profiles     Symbol Legend     Pattern Contribution Form SOA Candidate Patterns     SOA Patterns Review Committee     Candidate Patterns Overview     Candidate Patterns List     Candidate Pattern Contribution Form     Candidate Pattern Feedback Form     SOA Pattern Template Design Pattern Basics     What's a Design Pattern?     What's a Design Pattern Language?     What's a Compound Pattern? Supplemental     SOA Patterns and Application Technologies     SOA Design Patterns Historical Influences     SOA Design Patterns and Design Principles     SOA Design Patterns and Design Granularity     Legal Resources     Design Patterns Publications     Reference Posters     SOAPrinciples.com     WhatIsSOA.com     SOA Visio Stencil Agnostic Capability (Erl) Home > Foundational Service Patterns > Agnostic Capability How can multi-purpose service logic be made effectively consumable and composable?   Problem Service capabilities derived from specific concerns may not be useful to multiple service consumers, thereby reducing the reusability potential of the agnostic service. Solution Agnostic service logic is partitioned into a set of well-defined capabilities that address common concerns not specific to any one problem. Application Service capabilities are defined and iteratively refined through proven analysis and modeling processes. Impacts The definition of each service capability requires extra up-front analysis and design effort. Principles Standardized Service Contract, Service Reusability, Service Composability Architecture Service   Through the application of this pattern, the service logic grouped within a specific service context is made available as a set of well-defined and complementary capabilities. Audio Podcast This pattern is discussed as part of the audio podcast: Foundational SOA Design Patterns and the Separation of Concerns   Related Patterns in This Catalog Agnostic Context (Erl), Canonical Expression (Erl), Capability Composition (Erl), Capability Recomposition (Erl), Logic Centralization (Erl) Related Service-Oriented Computing Goals Increased Business and Technology Alignment, Increased ROI, Increased Organizational Agility, Reduced IT Burden This page contains excerpts from: SOA Design Patterns by Thomas Erl Foreword by Grady Booch With contributions from David Chappell, Jason Hogg, Anish Karmarkar, Mark Little, David Orchard, Satadru Roy, Thomas Rischbeck, Arnaud Simon, Clemens Utschig, Dennis Wisnosky, and others. (ISBN: 0136135161, Hardcover, Full-Color, 400+ Illustrations, 865 pages) For more information about this book, visit www.soabooks.com.

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