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Proxy Capability (Erl)


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How can a service subject to decomposition continue to support consumers affected by the decomposition?  

Problem

If an established service needs to be decomposed into multiple services, its contract and its existing consumers can be impacted.

Solution

The original service contract is preserved, even if underlying capability logic is separated, by turning the established capability definition into a proxy.

Application

Facade logic needs to be introduced to relay requests and responses between the proxy and newly located capabilities.

Impacts

The practical solution provided by this pattern results in a measure of service denormalization.

Principles

Service Loose Coupling

Architecture

Service
 
By preserving the existing capability and allowing it to act as a proxy for the relocated capability logic, existing consumers will be less impacted.
Audio Podcast
This pattern is discussed as part of the audio podcast:

Service Governance Patterns for SOA
 

Related Patterns in This Catalog

Contract Denormalization (Erl), Decomposed Capability (Erl), Decoupled Contract (Erl), Distributed Capability (Erl), Service Decomposition (Erl), Service Facade (Erl), Service Normalization (Erl), Service Refactoring (Erl), Termination Notification (Orchard, Riley)


Related Service-Oriented Computing Goals

Increased Intrinsic Interoperability, Reduced IT Burden

SOA Design Patterns 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.
Web Service Contract Design and Versioning for SOA This pattern is also discussed in the following title:

Web Service Contract Design and Versioning for SOA
by Thomas Erl, Anish Karmarkar, Priscilla Walmsley, Hugo Haas, Umit Yalcinalp, Canyang Kevin Liu,
David Orchard, Andre Tost, James Pasley

Foreword by David Chappell

(ISBN: 013613517X, Hardcover, 826 pages)

For more information about this book, visit
www.soabooks.com.
The Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl
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