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Architectural Patterns

By : Anupama Murali, Harihara Subramanian J, Pethuru Raj Chelliah
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Architectural Patterns

By: Anupama Murali, Harihara Subramanian J, Pethuru Raj Chelliah

Overview of this book

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is typically an aggregate of the business, application, data, and infrastructure architectures of any forward-looking enterprise. Due to constant changes and rising complexities in the business and technology landscapes, producing sophisticated architectures is on the rise. Architectural patterns are gaining a lot of attention these days. The book is divided in three modules. You'll learn about the patterns associated with object-oriented, component-based, client-server, and cloud architectures. The second module covers Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) patterns and how they are architected using various tools and patterns. You will come across patterns for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Event-Driven Architecture (EDA), Resource-Oriented Architecture (ROA), big data analytics architecture, and Microservices Architecture (MSA). The final module talks about advanced topics such as Docker containers, high performance, and reliable application architectures. The key takeaways include understanding what architectures are, why they're used, and how and where architecture, design, and integration patterns are being leveraged to build better and bigger systems.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Main challenges in enterprise integration

Some of the main challenges associated with enterprise application integration are as follows:

  • Networks are slow and unreliable: Enterprise integration applications need to transfer data from one application to another. These applications may reside in different states, countries, or continents. In such situations, data needs to be transferred through a LAN or a WAN, or a combination of both. Transferring data through diverse network topologies and protocols introduces significant transmission delays and other types of interruptions that become a stumbling block in enterprise application integration.
  • Heterogeneous application platforms: While integrating multiple applications, it is important to keep in mind that each application will have its own platform and operating system. To ensure seamless integration between such applications...