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| pattern | Hexagonal Architecture | hexagonal | /patterns/hexagonal/ | Architectural |
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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.
Applicability
Use Hexagonal Architecture pattern when
- it is important that the application is fully testable
- you use Domain Driven Design methodology and/or Microservices architectural style