Asynchronous over synchronous communication for all sub-domains

Acronym

async-over-sync

Belongs to

SIG Eventing

Responsible

Stefan Bente

History

(v1)   2021-01-15 - created initially

(v2)   2021-01-15 - Modulith style presented to the whole group as a motivation

Why is there need for such a decision?

This is a fundamental architecture style choice, influencing the whole development process.

Additional sources for better understanding the background

• Bente, 2021: Warum Modulith oder Microservice? Inhaltsimpuls FAE

Viable Options

• Async over sync
• no async communication, all synchronous calls

Alternatives not seriously considered

-

How is this decision evaluated?

Based on the choice for the general architecture style.

Resolution Details

See architecture style description.

Reasons for the resolution

Is a direct consequence from the Modulith decision.