I have been waiting for ages to see web services get ready for SOA. Recently, hinted by a customer, I (re)discovered JINI. What that moment was like? Well, looking at JINI (in combination with JavaSpaces) I saw a dynamic lookup platform based on interfaces (read: capabilities - not names) and with scalability, self-healing characteristics and the performance of RMI. Javaspaces even adds the best of messaging and asynchrony. It sounds too good to be true.
Transactions for the REST of us
Transactions for SOA
Review: Going from Architect to Architecting: the Evolution of a Key Role
4 Microservice Myths and How to Avoid Them
High performance JMS processing with XA