Ideas for SOA Service Components

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Ideas for SOA Service Components

Hi, I am an undergraduate student from Mumbai University, now in my final year. The topic for our undergraduate project is "Service Oriented Architecture". As a part of this project, we are supposed to build reusable web service components, and then create a demo web application using those services.

Please suggest me some ideas for the kind of service components that would be easier to build, and then can be used in a demo web app.

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Dictionary web service.

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There are lots of things you could do with a dictionary web service.

jjnguy 2010-09-08 04:32:19

We were thinking of creating components like Login Component, Captcha Component, Profile Information Component etc. Do such components fall under SOA?

JavaGeek 2010-09-08 05:11:09

@Bhushan, no. As the names indicate those are components of a system, and usually decoupling those components from the rest of the system usually leaves the component incapable of performing the expected services. SOA should be used for integrating discrete systems themselves like CRM systems, Accounting systems, Sales and Purchase order systems etc.

Vineet Reynolds 2010-09-08 05:25:36

@Jinguy, @Vineet: Okay, thanks for the response.

JavaGeek 2010-09-08 05:35:47

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Here are some practical examples of how to build a SOA using WCF.

I would suggest you read articles by Thomas Erl and Roger Sessions, this will give you a firm handle on what SOA is all about.

Building a SOA

SOA Design Pattern

Achieving integrity in a SOA

Why your SOA should be like a VW Beetle

SOA explained for your boss

MetalLemon 2010-09-16 09:18:04