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Decomposed Capability (Erl)


Home > Service Governance Patterns > Decomposed Capability

How can a service be designed to minimize the chances of
capability logic deconstruction?
 

Problem

The decomposition of a service subsequent to its implementation can require the deconstruction of logic within capabilities, which can be disruptive and make the preservation of a service contract problematic.

Solution

Services prone to future decomposition can be equipped with a series of granular capabilities that more easily facilitate decomposition.

Application

Additional service modeling is carried out to define granular, more easily distributed capabilities.

Impacts

Until the service is eventually decomposed, it may be represented by a bloated contract that stays with it as long as proxy capabilities are supported.

Principles

Standardized Service Contract, Service Abstraction

Architecture

Service
 
The Invoice service (middle) derived from the same business entities (left) exposes a series of more granular capabilities, several of which correspond directly to specific business entities. This increases the ease at which subsequent service decomposition can be accomplished. The decomposed services (right) are no longer in conflict because the capabilities affected by the decomposition are clearly mapped to the new services. Those same capabilities also remain in the Invoice service contract (top right) as per Proxy Capability.
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), Proxy Capability (Erl), Service Decomposition (Erl)


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
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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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