Overview on. At the time of this writing,
Overview on. At the time of this writing, WSDL 2.0 is well on its way to becoming a W3C standard. Thus, Web Services present a powerful solution for distributed but loosely coupled, coarse-grained SOA wherein services are described using WSDL and accessed via SOAP. In fact, one of the main reasons for using Web Services to realize SOA is the ubiquitous support for XML, SOAP, and WSDL technologies on disparate platforms, ranging from mainframes to mobile devices. This is the main reason why Web Services provide a true solution for interoperability between applications deployed on these disparate platforms. We will spend some more time explaining fundamental concepts in Chapter 5; however, explaining Web Services and related technologies in their entirety is outside the scope of this book. If you are new to Web Services, there are many books and online papers that you can refer to get started with Web Services conceptually. Given the solid adoption of this stack by the industry, we suggest that you familiarize yourself properly with Web services. SOA and Component Architectures SOA is not a replacement for component architecture; rather it neatly complements the component architecture. While component architectures enhance reusability at a finer grain level, SOA can enhance reusability at a coarser grained level. Hence, from an implementation standpoint, a given service might very well be developed using well-defined component frameworks such as EJB. The latest EJB standard, therefore, has in-built support for Web Services, the most popular stack for building SOA. So EJB is still very much in demand! Chapter 5 covers Web Services support in EJB framework in detail. Divide and Conquer to the Extreme with Reusable Services We have been seeing a slow but steady shift in the build-from-scratch trend, for years now. More and more businesses want CIOs to stretch their IT dollars to the maximum. Naturally, this has led the IT departments to think of reuse; reuse in terms of systems as well as software. What better candidate than highly functional and autonomous services to fulfill this promise of reuse? SOA offers maximum reuse, especially when implemented using ubiquitous protocols such as those supported by Web services. Architects want to design their software as a composition of services such that these services can be used from any platform through well-defined service interfaces.
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