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J2EE Service to Worker
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Service to Worker solves a specific structural problem in the design.

Centralize control flow, invoke business services, then forward to a view.

Pattern overview

J2EE pattern

Centralize control flow, invoke business services, then forward to a view.

Intent

Coordinate the controller, business processing, and view rendering as distinct steps in one flow.

Problem

Request handling needs business-service execution before a view can be rendered meaningfully.

Solution

Use a controller to invoke services, populate the model, and then dispatch to the view.

Fit and tradeoffs

FamilyJ2EE
CategoryPresentation
Best used when
  • For form submissions and request-response flows with meaningful business work.
Tradeoffs
  • Needs clear boundaries to avoid mixing service and view concerns.

Java example

This example is intentionally compact so the pattern shape stays easy to see.

@PostMapping("/checkout")
String checkout(@ModelAttribute CheckoutForm form, Model model) {
    Receipt receipt = checkoutService.checkout(form.toCommand());
    model.addAttribute("receipt", receipt);
    return "checkout-success";
}

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