Service Oriented Architecture Paper

The role of software architects is to map the software requirements to the architecture design and guarantee that both functional requirements and quality attributes are met (Qin et al., 2007). Since applications have a diverse set of requirements, it is rare that a single architectural style can address all those requirements. Usually, the system architecture is not limited to a single style, but is often a combination of architectural styles. For example, the design of a web-based application can be based on different architectural styles. It may use the client-server architecture with the client sending requests to a server. The deployment may use a 3-tiered approach with the client-server functionality distributed across presentation, business and database tier. Each tier may employ the layered architectural style to achieve separation of concerns. The application may also adopt the service oriented architecture, where client and server functions are exposed as services. The communication between the client and server may use the message bus architecture.
In their survey of software architectural styles and patterns, Sharma, Kumar, and Agarwal (2015) have compared various styles according to quality attributes and also specified the application area along with the advantages …show more content…
Agents interact with each other using loosely coupled, coarse-grained, and autonomous components called services (Rotem-Gal-Oz, Bruno, & Dahan, 2012). SOA has emerged with potential to solve integration and reusability problems faced by large organizations (Woods & Mattern, 2006). Erl (2007) advocates the use of SOA for interoperability, reusability, and portability benefits which it