微服务技术：体系结构、通信和挑战

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0255-8297.2020.05.008

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Abstract: Microservices architecture has recently emerged as an architectural style, which is getting a lot of attention in academic community and industry. Microservices architecture utilizes high cohesive microservices and light communication to overcome the problems of poor maintainability and scalability of traditional monolithic systems. In this paper, we apply the systematic mapping study methodology to survey the current state of the art on microservices from following three perspectives: architecture, communication, and challenges. More specifically, we systematically compare monolithic architecture, SOA (service oriented architecture), and Microservices architecture, and then give an overview of the communication between microservices. Finally, we list the technical challenges of Microservices.

Key words: microservices, monolithic architecture, SOA (service oriented architecture), asynchronous communication

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DAI Fei, LIU Guozhi, LI Zhang, MO Qi, LI Tong. Microservices: Architecture, Communication, and Challenges[J]. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2020, 38(5): 761-778.

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