Layered Architecture

Tags: soft-eng

A Software Architecture which uses logical separation of display, processing, and data-storage. It applies horizontal [see page 11, layers] with strong coupling across them.

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    \begin{umlpackage}[right=0.6cm of Layered Architecture]{Main Java Program}\end{umlpackage}
    \begin{umlpackage}[right=0.6cm of Main Java Program]{Java Virtual Machine}\end{umlpackage}

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    \draw [line, <-, transform canvas={yshift=-0.2cm}] (Layered Architecture) -- (Main Java Program);
    \draw [line, ->, transform canvas={yshift=0.2cm}] (Main Java Program) -- (Java Virtual Machine);
    \draw [line, <-, transform canvas={yshift=-0.2cm}] (Main Java Program) -- (Java Virtual Machine);
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  \caption{Layered Architecture.}
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