Software Architecture Pattern refers to a reusable, proven solution to a recurring problem at the system level, addressing concerns related to the overall structure, component interactions, and quality attributes of the system. Software architecture patterns operate at a higher level of abstraction than software design patterns, solving broader system-level challenges. While these patterns typically affect system-level concerns, the distinction between architectural patterns and architectural styles can sometimes be blurry. Examples include Circuit Breaker.
Software Architecture Style refers to a high-level structural organization that defines the overall system organization, specifying how components are organized, how they interact, and the constraints on those interactions. Architecture styles typically include a vocabulary of component and connector types, as well as semantic models for interpreting the system's properties. These styles represent the most coarse-grained level of system organization. Examples include Layered Architecture, Microservices, and Event-Driven Architecture.
List of software architecture styles
- Event-driven architecture
- Hexagonal Architecture (also known as Ports and Adapters)
- Layered architecture
- Microkernel architecture 7
- Pipes and Filters architecture 8
- Microservices
- (Modular) monolithic
- Service-oriented architecture
- "Service-based architecture" 9
- Space-based architecture
List of software architecture patterns
Main article: Architectural pattern
- Inbox and outbox pattern
- "Queue-Based Load Leveling", also known as the "Storage First Pattern", is an architectural pattern in which a queue acts as a buffer between an invoker service (such as an API Gateway) and the destination (e.g., compute resources). 10
- "Backends for frontends" pattern 11
- "Public versus Published Interfaces" 12
- Asynchronous messaging
- Batch request (also known as Request Bundle pattern)
- Blackboard (design pattern)
- Client–server model
- Competing Consumers pattern
- Model–view–controller
- Claim-Check pattern
- Peer-to-peer
- Publish–subscribe pattern
- Rate limiting
- Request–response
- Retry pattern 13
- Rule-based
- Saga pattern
- Strangler fig pattern
- Throttling
See also
See also: Category:Software design patterns, Software design pattern, and Software architecture
References
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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. ISBN 978-0321127426. 978-0321127426 ↩
Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach. O'Reilly Media. 2020. ISBN 978-1492043454. 978-1492043454 ↩
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. ISBN 978-0201633610. 978-0201633610 ↩
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. ISBN 978-0321127426. 978-0321127426 ↩
Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach. O'Reilly Media. 2020. ISBN 978-1492043454. 978-1492043454 ↩
Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach. O'Reilly Media. 2020. ISBN 978-1492043454. 978-1492043454 ↩
Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach. O'Reilly Media. 2020. ISBN 978-1492043454. 978-1492043454 ↩
Azure Storage, Streaming, and Batch Analytics. ISBN 9781638350149. 9781638350149 ↩
Microservices Patterns With Examples in Java. Manning. ISBN 9781638356325. 9781638356325 ↩
Fowler, Martin (March–April 2002). "Public versus Published Interfaces" (PDF). IEEE Software. https://martinfowler.com/ieeeSoftware/published.pdf ↩
Service Design Patterns Fundamental Design Solutions for SOAP/WSDL and RESTful Web Services. Addison-Wesley. 2012. ISBN 9780321544209. 9780321544209 ↩