5-B.3 Create Component Diagram

The container diagram is a even further "zoomed-in" version of the Container Diagram and shows the software architecture within a single container. You dont have to create this diagram for every container, usually it is done for containers that need to be custom-coded. This most prominently includes the frontend and backend containers as well as special components, like a batch component or an complicated adapter. A bounded context might also be implemented as its own component, if it isn't big enough to justify its own container.

Example Component Diagram:

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Example Template:

Design Principles

• Modularity

  • Expanding on the ideas presented in Modular Design, a modular approach is also recommended within a container
  • Try to identify components and especially business components / domain components that encapsulate a specific area of concern

    • the data model is usually a good starting point informing you of areas of high cohesion
• Some commonly used design patterns for dealing with external systems include Adapter, Proxy & Facade (see Software design pattern - Wikipedia).

  

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