Mapping Service Components to EJB Business Objects

Giacomo Piccinelli
HP Labs Bristol
Filton Road, Stoke Gifford,
Bristol BS34 8QZ, UK

Wolfgang Emmerich and Anthony Finkelstein
University College London
Gower Street,
London WC1E 6BT, UK
 
 

Abstract:

The emerging trends for e-business engineering revolve around specialisation and cooperation. Successful companies focus on their core competencies and rely on a network of business partners for the support services required to compose a comprehensive offer for their customers. Modularity is crucial for a flexible e-business infrastructure, but related requirements seldom reflect on the design and operational models of business information systems. Software components are widely used for the implementation of e-business applications, with proven benefits in terms of system development and maintenance. We propose a service-oriented componentisation of e-business systems as a way to close the gap with the business models they support. Blurring the distinction between external services and internal capabilities, we propose a homogeneous model for the definition of e-business applications components and present a process-based technique for component modelling. We finally present an Enterprise Java Beans extension that implements the model.


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