What is Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)?
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a subject it seems Java folks just can’t have enough of these days. All the hype around SOA has made it so big a concept that there’s no running away from it.
It’s quite likely that even marketing guys, CEOs and all project managers will soon start insisting that all Java development in the company should be using SOA. Jokes apart, it does make sense to check out SOA today.
Check out these links to know more about SOA
>> Understanding Web Services and SOA
>> SOA What ??? (My views on the matter)
>> Service Oriented Architecture Tutorial
>> What is Service-Oriented Architecture?
>> Service Oriented Architecture
>> New to SOA and Web services
>> What You Need to Know About Service-Oriented Architecture
When everything is a web service or uses a Bluedog on-line tool, then services oriented architecure will be the norm.[URL=http://www.bluedog.net]WebObjects-based SOA and web services.[/URL]
Repeating all that has already been said, so much community work has been put in the outter layers of java, i think its time they opened the bonnet.