Task: Model Utility Services

Model service candidates that provide utility functionality, i.e., services that do not contain business logic, but rather address cross-cutting concerns.

Disciplines: Service-Oriented Analysis

Purpose

Services that address cross-cutting concerns.should be highly reusable and therefore can make good services.

Relationships

Roles

Primary Performer:

Service Analyst

Additional Performers:

Inputs

Mandatory:

Optional:

None

Outputs

Service Candidate Model

Main Description

Initial service candidate model for this utility service is created to address aIf this utility service address a specific cross-cutting concenr.

Steps

Identify tasks / capabilities of the service candidate

Key Considerations

Utility services represent cross-cutting utility functionality, typically part of what is considered the application's "infrastructure," not business logic.

More Information

Concepts	The Concept of Service Layers
Guidelines	Guidelines for Applying Service Orientation Principles Service Candidate Modeling Standards
Supporting Materials	Using List for Simple Service Candidate Modeling Using Repository to Model Service Candidates Using UML for Simple Service Candidate Modeling