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SCA
Service Component Architecture enables a service oriented architecture and is made available by many corporations including IBM .
In this section, we examine SCA services and service data objects.
- Service components
A service component configures a service implementation. A service component is presented in a standard block diagram.- Service data objects
Service data objects complement Service Component Architecture. Service Component Architecture defines the services as components and the connectivity between them. Service data objects define the data flowing between components.- Service qualifiers
An application communicates its quality of service (QoS) needs to the runtime environment by specifying service qualifiers. They govern the interaction between a service client and a target service.- Modules
A module is a unit of deployment that determines which artifacts are packaged together in an Enterprise Archive (EAR) file. Components within a module are collocated for performance, and can pass their data by reference. A module can be seen as a scoping mechanism; that is, it sets an organizational boundary for artifacts.- Imports and exports
Imports and exports define the external interfaces or access points of a module. You can use an import to identify services outside of a module, so that they can be called from within the module. You can use an export to allow components to provide their services to external clients.- Service implementation types
Service implementation types are the implementations of the service components.
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