Ports and Adapters¶
The ports and adapters architecture is a generalization of the traditional layers architecture meant to emphasize that, in modern systems, data sources might be requests initiators as well as receivers. Thus, it creates de Port abstraction, meaning any external system that meets a certain protocol. An Adapter is then a piece of software which takes that request and converts it into an actually useful structure, usable by the core of the application.
Minos, aiming at building reactive microservices, follows a Ports and Adapters architecture in order to provide a way to easily extend the microservices’ functionality with new technologies.
Adapters are by default abstracted through Minos Decorators. This way, the developer can concentrate on writing valuable code instead of dealing with technology specific things.