An overview on protocol adaptors for service component integration

The Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm is intended for reducing development costs and software reuse by enabling automated service compositions for cross-organizational processes. However, if two service components need to interact, they can get stuck if their protocols are incompatible. So, an adaptor should be generated to reconcile mismatches. Existing approaches of service adaptation are manual or semi-automatic rather than fully-automated. An overview of these different approaches is presented, revealing their similarities and differences