Return to Home Page
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


Service Encapsulation (Erl)


Home > Foundational Service Patterns > Service Encapsulation

How can solution logic be made available as a resource of the
enterprise?
 

Problem

Solution logic designed for a single application environment is typically limited in its potential to interoperate with or be leveraged by other parts of an enterprise.

Solution

Solution logic can be encapsulated by a service so that it is positioned as an enterprise resource capable of functioning beyond the boundary for which it is initially delivered.

Application

Solution logic suitable for service encapsulation needs to be identified.

Impacts

Service-encapsulated solution logic is subject to additional design and governance considerations.

Principles

n/a

Architecture

Service
 
An enterprise wherein individual solutions use logic encapsulated as services and vice versa.
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), Functional Decomposition (Erl), Non Agnostic Context (Erl)


Related Patterns in Other Catalogs

Gateway (Fowler), Service Layer (Fowler, Stafford)


Related Service-Oriented Computing Goals

Increased Business and Technology Alignment, 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.
The Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl
Home    SOA Books    SOA Magazine    What is SOA?    SOA Principles    SOASchool.com    SOA Glossary Copyright © 2007-2010
SOA Systems Inc.