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Hexagonal architecture

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In software engineering, hexagonal architecture means: A design that keeps domain logic independent of external systems by connecting them through defined ports and adapters.

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How it is used

Also called ports and adapters architecture. The hexagon is a diagram convention, not a requirement for six components.

Example sentences

  1. Using hexagonal architecture let us test order rules without starting the database adapter.

    Domain behavior is reached through a boundary independent of the storage implementation.

  2. The new message consumer reused the same application port in our hexagonal architecture.

    A different input adapter can invoke existing behavior without moving domain rules into messaging code.

Common collocations

  • hexagonal architecture ports
  • adopt hexagonal architecture
  • interfaceIn programming, a list of methods that a class promises to provide, without saying how they work. More generally, the point where two systems, or a user and a system, meet.
  • dependency injectionA technique where an object receives the things it needs, such as a database client, from outside instead of creating them itself, which makes code easier to test.

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