Defining service contracts and decentralized decision making
Service contracts in microservices refer to the agreements and expectations that services establish with one another. Meanwhile, decentralized decision making is a fundamental principle of microservices architecture that empowers individual development teams to make decisions independently. Let’s learn about these concepts in detail. We’ll start with service contracts in microservices.
Service contracts in microservices
Service contracts in microservices refer to the agreements and expectations that services establish with one another. They define how different microservices interact, communicate, and exchange data. Service contracts play a crucial role in ensuring that microservices can work together seamlessly, even when they are developed and deployed independently.
The common types of service contracts include the following:
- API contracts: API contracts define the interfaces and data formats...