<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<p>The present-day software application systems are highly complex with many requirements and variations, which can only be handled by more than one architectural pattern. This paper focuses on a combinational architectural design, with the micro-services at the center and supported by the model view controller and the pipes and filter architectural patterns to realize any data stream-oriented application. The proposed model is very generic and for validation, a prototype GIS application has been considered. The application is designed to extract GIS data from internet sources and process the data using third party processing tools. The overall design follows the micro-services architecture and the processing segment is designed using pipes-and-filters architectural pattern. The user interaction is made possible with the use of the model view controller pattern. The versatility of the application is expressed in its ability to organize any number of given filters in a connected structure that agrees with inter-component dependencies. The model includes different services, which make the application more user-friendly and secure by prompting client for authentication and providing unique storage for every client. This approach is very much useful for building applications with a high degree of flexibility, maintainability and adaptability. A qualitative comparison is made using a set of criteria and their implementation using the different architectural styles.</p>
</abstract>

The present-day software application systems are highly complex with many requirements and variations, which can only be handled by more than one architectural pattern. This paper focuses on a combinational architectural design, with the micro-services at the center and supported by the model view controller and the pipes and filter architectural patterns to realize any data stream-oriented application. The proposed model is very generic and for validation, a prototype GIS application has been considered. The application is designed to extract GIS data from internet sources and process the data using third party processing tools. The overall design follows the micro-services architecture and the processing segment is designed using pipes-and-filters architectural pattern. The user interaction is made possible with the use of the model view controller pattern. The versatility of the application is expressed in its ability to organize any number of given filters in a connected structure that agrees with inter-component dependencies. The model includes different services, which make the application more user-friendly and secure by prompting client for authentication and providing unique storage for every client. This approach is very much useful for building applications with a high degree of flexibility, maintainability and adaptability. A qualitative comparison is made using a set of criteria and their implementation using the different architectural styles.

Microservices Centric Architectural Model for Handling Data Stream Oriented Applications

Department of Computer Science, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The present-day software application systems are highly complex with many requirements and variations, which can only be handled by more than one architectural...

Microservices Centric Architectural Model for Handling Data Stream Oriented Applications

Published Online: Sep 13, 2020

Page range: 32 - 44

Received: Oct 22, 2018

Accepted: Jul 09, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2020-0026

Keywords
Architectural Pattern, Microservices, Model View Controller, Pipes and Filters, Software Architecture

© 2020 Milu Mary Philip et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Microservices Centric Architectural Model for Handling Data Stream Oriented Applications

Published Online: Sep 13, 2020

Page range: 32 - 44

Received: Oct 22, 2018

Accepted: Jul 09, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2020-0026

KeywordsArchitectural Pattern, Microservices, Model View Controller, Pipes and Filters, Software Architecture

© 2020 Milu Mary Philip et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Architectural Pattern, Microservices, Model View Controller, Pipes and Filters, Software Architecture