UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

Architectural Styles and
the Design of Network-based Software Architectures

DISSERTATION

submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

in Information and Computer Science

by

Roy Thomas Fielding

2000

 

Dissertation Committee:
Professor Richard N. Taylor, Chair
Professor Mark S. Ackerman
Professor David S. Rosenblum

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Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Curriculum Vitae
Abstract of the Dissertation
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: Software Architecture
1.1 Run-time Abstraction
1.2 Elements
1.3 Configurations
1.4 Properties
1.5 Styles
1.6 Patterns and Pattern Languages
1.7 Views
1.8 Related Work
1.9 Summary
CHAPTER 2: Network-based Application Architectures
2.1 Scope
2.2 Evaluating the Design of Application Architectures
2.3 Architectural Properties of Key Interest
2.4 Summary
CHAPTER 3: Network-based Architectural Styles
3.1 Classification Methodology
3.2 Data-flow Styles
3.3 Replication Styles
3.4 Hierarchical Styles
3.5 Mobile Code Styles
3.6 Peer-to-Peer Styles
3.7 Limitations
3.8 Related Work
3.9 Summary
CHAPTER 4: Designing the Web Architecture: Problems and Insights
4.1 WWW Application Domain Requirements
4.2 Problem
4.3 Approach
4.4 Summary
CHAPTER 5: Representational State Transfer (REST)
5.1 Deriving REST
5.2 REST Architectural Elements
5.3 REST Architectural Views
5.4 Related Work
5.5 Summary
CHAPTER 6: Experience and Evaluation
6.1 Standardizing the Web
6.2 REST Applied to URI
6.3 REST Applied to HTTP
6.4 Technology Transfer
6.5 Architectural Lessons
6.6 Summary
Conclusions
References

List of Figures

Figure 5-1. Null Style
Figure 5-2. Client-Server
Figure 5-3. Client-Stateless-Server
Figure 5-4. Client-Cache-Stateless-Server
Figure 5-5. Early WWW Architecture Diagram
Figure 5-6. Uniform-Client-Cache-Stateless-Server
Figure 5-7. Uniform-Layered-Client-Cache-Stateless-Server
Figure 5-8. REST
Figure 5-9. REST Derivation by Style Constraints
Figure 5-10. Process View of a REST-based Architecture

List of Tables

Table 3-1. Evaluation of Data-flow Styles for Network-based Hypermedia
Table 3-2. Evaluation of Replication Styles for Network-based Hypermedia
Table 3-3. Evaluation of Hierarchical Styles for Network-based Hypermedia
Table 3-4. Evaluation of Mobile Code Styles for Network-based Hypermedia
Table 3-5. Evaluation of Peer-to-Peer Styles for Network-based Hypermedia
Table 3-6. Evaluation Summary
Table 5-1. REST Data Elements
Table 5-2. REST Connectors
Table 5-3. REST Components
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