OMG Enterprise CollaborationArchitecture (ECA)

Cory CasanaveData Access Technologies

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What is in ECA?• Patterns• Process• Entities• Events• Component Collaboration Architecture (CCA)

– Recursive Components– Data flow & Protocols– Composition– Document Model

• All based on UML

ECA as a common architecture

ECA

EAI Workflow B2B(ebXML)

Specializes

The Marketplace Example

Mechanics Are UsBuyer

Acme IndustriesSeller

GetItThere FreightShipper

Order

Conformation

Ship Req

Shipped

Shipped

PhysicalDelivery

Delivered

Status

ProcessComplete

The Seller’s DetailOrder

Conformation

Shipped

Ship Req

Shipped

Delivered

Order Processing

Shipping

Receivables

Event

Apply Order Process Pattern

Supplie r Cus tomer Buye r S e lle r

Orde r P roce s s

Shipper Process

Receiver Sender

Shipper

Shipper

Community Process

UML Notation

Market (from Sample091)

<<CommunityProcess>>

Seller_usage <<ComponentUsage>>

Buyer_usage <<ComponentUsage>>

Buyer (from Sample091)

<<ProcessComponent>>

buy (from Buyer)

<<ProtocolPort>> Seller

(from Sample091)

<<ProcessComponent>>

sell (from Seller)

<<ProtocolPort>>

buy_usage <<PortUsage>>

sell_usage <<PortUsage>>

<<Connection>>

<<access>> <<access>>

Activity Diagram for Process

ShippingNotice_sell

Success

Failure

Q uote_sell

O rder_sell[ O rderCancelled ]

[ O rderConfirmation ]

PaymentNotice_sell

Sales_buy

O rder_buy

ShippingNotice_buy

PaymentNotice_buy

Q uote_buy

Seller_O rder_usage

Seller_Quote_usage

buy Seller_ShippingNotice_usage

Seller_PaymentNotice_usage

Activity diagram shows protocol

Start

Sending ProtocolMessage

sell_role_Orderbuy_role_Order

Order

OrderConfirmation

OrderDenied

Protocol OrderBT

Success

Failure

Receiving ProtocolMessage

Protocol

ProtocolRole (initiator)

ProtocolMessages

TerminateSuccess

TerminateFailure

ProtocolRole

Drill down to sub-components &Activities

Event

Drag and drop Executable

Process Components

DataFlow

Recursive Composition

Technology Independence

EJB SAP.NET ebXML Corba

UMLGraphical

Design

ECA

SpecializedTools

Designer

SOAP

Automated Model Based Design

Framework &Framework &InfrastructureInfrastructure

(E.G. EJB(E.G. EJB

InfrastructureInfrastructureMappingMapping

(E.G. EJB)(E.G. EJB)

Mapping is tunedMapping is tunedto the infrastructureto the infrastructure

ToolsToolsProduce &Produce &IntegrateIntegrate

EnterpriseEnterpriseComponentsComponents

ECAECADesignDesign

Integration of Viewpoints

Information

Process

Com

ponents

ECAAbstract ExecutableLarge Granularity Fine Grain