Skip to content

Files

Latest commit

 

History

History
This branch is 2004 commits behind iluwatar/java-design-patterns:master.

hexagonal

Folders and files

NameName
Last commit message
Last commit date

parent directory

..
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
layout title folder permalink pumlformat categories tags
pattern
Hexagonal Architecture
hexagonal
/patterns/hexagonal/
svg
Architectural
Java
Difficulty-Expert

Also known as

  • Ports and Adapters
  • Clean Architecture
  • Onion Architecture

Intent

Allow an application to equally be driven by users, programs, automated test or batch scripts, and to be developed and tested in isolation from its eventual run-time devices and databases.

Hexagonal Architecture class diagram

Applicability

Use Hexagonal Architecture pattern when

  • When the application needs to be independent of any frameworks
  • When it is important that the application highly maintainable and fully testable

Tutorials

Presentations

Real world examples

  • Apache Isis builds generic UI and REST API directly from the underlying domain objects

Credits