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Available in ≥ 2.2.0-beta1.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Microservices - also known as "microservice architecture" - is an approach to developing a single application as a suite of small services, each running in its own process and communicating with lightweight mechanisms, often an HTTP resource API. These services are built around business capabilities and independently deployable by fully automated deployment machinery (see https://martinfowler.com/tags/microservices.html). CAST AIP is able to detect these microservices during an analysis (with the assistance of a dedicated extension) and the subsequent results are made available in the CAST Imaging Service scope:

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Enabling the Service scope

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In Service mode, only the standard CAST Taxonomy layout is available. See User Guide - GUI for - Investigate panel for more information about this.

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Action	Location	Result/Behavior
Double click on node	Level 4	N/A
	Level 5	Drill down to Vignette mode i.e.: Objects level + drill mode Children + Caller/Callee + Group by communities (depending on the object selected). See also User Guide - GUI for more information on Drill and Communities modes. Click to expand
	Vignette mode	Expand and investigate the selected object.
	Objects	View source code of the object. See User Guide - Viewing source code.
Right click on node	Level 4	Properties > Displays information about the node in the right hand slide in panel (see User Guide - Properties panel): If the object properties cannot be retrieved in a timely manner, a retry button will be displayed: Image Added
	Level 5	Children + X > Drill down into Vignette mode for further investigation. See also User Guide - GUI for more information on Drill and Communities modes. Add edge > See User Guide - Working with custom links. Search > Invokes the standard search options for the selected object. See User Guide - Search for items. Properties > Displays information about the node in the right hand slide in panel (see User Guide - Properties panel): If the object properties cannot be retrieved in a timely manner, a retry button will be displayed: Image Added
	Vignette mode	Expand All > Expand and investigate the selected object (same as double click) Hide node > Use this to hide selected nodes. To unhide, either use the "Undo" option or refresh the page. It is not possible to hide a concept node or a group node, in which case the option will not be available. Properties > Displays information about the node in the right hand slide in panel (see User Guide - Properties panel): If the object properties cannot be retrieved in a timely manner, a retry button will be displayed: Image Added
	Objects	Add callers/callees > Retrieves all caller/called objects. Links are added to the selected object and to any other objects present where a link exists. The number in square brackets in the contextual menu indicates the number of items available. Add linked objects > See User Guide - Using the Add linked objects Linked Objects feature for more information. Add 2 levels of Callers/Callees > Same principal as the Add Callers/Callees options, but instead displays two levels of objects. Associate to custom aggregation > See User Guide - Creating a custom aggregation mode. Show source code > See See User Guide - Viewing source code. Hide node/object > Use this to hide selected nodes. To unhide, either use the "Undo" option or refresh the page. It is not possible to hide a concept node or a group node, in which case the option will not be available. Remove object > Use this option to remove the object from the current view. When you reload the view the object will be re-displayed. Properties > Displays information about the object in the right hand slide in panel (see User Guide - Properties panel): If the object properties cannot be retrieved in a timely manner, a retry button will be displayed: Image Added
Single click on edge	Levels 4 and 5	N/A
Single click on edge	Objects and Vignette mode	Displays all the methods that are linked between classes and provides additional actions such as: view source code method information add caller/callees See User Guide - Using the Method view for more information.
Double click on edge	Levels 4 and 5, Objects and Vignette	N/A