layout	title	folder	permalink	pumlid	pumlformat	categories	tags
pattern	Layers	layers	/patterns/layers/	BSR13OCm30NGLSe0n7UsCS62L8w9x6yGszD3t-bDpQhc9kdwEO0H2v7pNVQ68zSCyNeQn53gsQbftWns-lB5yoRHTfi70-8Mr3b-8UL7F4XG_otflOpi-W80	svg	Architectural	Java Difficulty-Intermediate Spring

Intent

Layers is an architectural style where software responsibilities are divided among the different layers of the application.

Applicability

Use the Layers architecture when

• you want clearly divide software responsibilities into differents parts of the program
• you want to prevent a change from propagating throughout the application
• you want to make your application more maintainable and testable

Credits

• Pattern Oriented Software Architecture Vol I-V