Assessment scheme-based service selection for SOC-based applications

Abstract

Service-Oriented Computing promotes building applications by consuming reusable services. However, facing the selection of adequate services for a specific application still is a major challenge. Even with a reduced set of candidate services, the assessment effort could be overwhelming. On previous works we have presented a novel approach to assist developers on discovery, selection and integration of services, specially focusing in the selection method, which is based on a comprehensive scheme for services’ interfaces compatibility. The scheme is also complemented by a framework based on black-box testing to verify compatibility on the expected behavior of a candidate service. This paper analyzes the selection method through a series of case studies, which are designed to show the scheme’s potential on determining the best choice of a service among a set of candidates.