Chapter 4 Building Application Layer Diagrams

Components (EAM)

A component is an encapsulated, reusable, and replaceable part of an application, which can be used to implement a service or an application.

A component can be created in the following diagrams:

• Application architecture diagram (see Application Architecture Diagram Basics)
• Service-oriented diagram (see Service Oriented Diagram Basics)

Example

In this example, the Inventory Management system contains the Check Inventory component:

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