Apache Tuscany
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Apache Tuscany provides a Service-oriented architecture
(SOA) infrastructure for easily developing and running applications using a service-oriented approach. This lightweight runtime is designed to be embedded in, or provisioned to, a number of different host environments. Apache Tuscany implements Service component architecture
(SCA) which defines a flexible, service-based model for construction, assembly and deployment of network of services (existing and new ones).
With SCA as its foundation, Tuscany reduces the cost of developing SOA based solutions because it pushes handling of protocol out of the application business logic into pluggable bindings. As a result, protocols can be changed at any time with minimal configuration changes. Tuscany also removes the need for applications to deal with infrastructure concerns such as security and transaction and handles this declaratively. This enables SOA solutions to be flexible and adaptable to change with minimal configuration changes.
Tuscany provides support for SCA 1.0 specification in Java. It also provides a wide range of bindings(Webservices, web20 bindings,..), implementation types (Spring, BPEL, Java,..) as well as integration with technologies such as web20 and OSGi
. Tuscany is working on implementing SCA 1.1 that is being standardized at OASIS.
Apache Tuscany also implements Service Data Objects
(SDO) which provides a uniform interface for handling different forms of data, including XML documents, that can exist in a network of services and provides the mechanism for tracking changes. Tuscany supports the SCO and the SDO (2.01 for C++ / 2.1 for Java) specification.
Service-oriented architecture
In software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
(SOA) infrastructure for easily developing and running applications using a service-oriented approach. This lightweight runtime is designed to be embedded in, or provisioned to, a number of different host environments. Apache Tuscany implements Service component architecture
Service Component Architecture
Service Component Architecture is a software technology created by major software vendors including IBM and Oracle. SCA provides a model for composing applications that follow Service-Oriented Architecture principles...
(SCA) which defines a flexible, service-based model for construction, assembly and deployment of network of services (existing and new ones).
With SCA as its foundation, Tuscany reduces the cost of developing SOA based solutions because it pushes handling of protocol out of the application business logic into pluggable bindings. As a result, protocols can be changed at any time with minimal configuration changes. Tuscany also removes the need for applications to deal with infrastructure concerns such as security and transaction and handles this declaratively. This enables SOA solutions to be flexible and adaptable to change with minimal configuration changes.
Tuscany provides support for SCA 1.0 specification in Java. It also provides a wide range of bindings(Webservices, web20 bindings,..), implementation types (Spring, BPEL, Java,..) as well as integration with technologies such as web20 and OSGi
OSGi
The Open Services Gateway initiative framework is a module system and service platform for the Java programming language that implements a complete and dynamic component model, something that does not exist in standalone Java/VM environments...
. Tuscany is working on implementing SCA 1.1 that is being standardized at OASIS.
Apache Tuscany also implements Service Data Objects
Service Data Objects
Service Data Objects is a technology that allows heterogeneous data to be accessed in a uniform way. The SDO specification was originally developed in 2004 as a joint collaboration between BEA and IBM and approved by the Java Community Process...
(SDO) which provides a uniform interface for handling different forms of data, including XML documents, that can exist in a network of services and provides the mechanism for tracking changes. Tuscany supports the SCO and the SDO (2.01 for C++ / 2.1 for Java) specification.