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Web Service Infrastructure Patterns

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Design patterns; Infrastructure patterns; Middleware patterns; Web service architecture patterns

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MEP:

Message exchange pattern, a set of rules for communication by messages

Pattern:

A solution template for reoccurring architectural challenges

ReST:

Representational state transfer, a paradigm for resource-based service interaction

SOA:

Service-oriented architecture, a holistic approach for service environments

Definition

Web service infrastructure patterns are reusable templates and best practices for the realization of a service environment.

Introduction

The World Wide Web was originally invented to provide textual and graphical information for human users. Web service technology extends this idea by supporting the interaction of software entities. Examples from practice are weather forecasting services used by mobile phone applications, automated stock trading systems, or document storage services offered by cloud providers. The design of such a system is a huge...

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Tröger, P. (2017). Web Service Infrastructure Patterns. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_133-1

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