A Systematic Review on the Identification and Classification of Patterns in Microservices

Determining patterns in monolithic systems to help improve the overall system development and maintenance has become quite commonplace. However, recognizing the patterns that have emerged (or are emerging) in cloud computing - especially with respect to microservices, is challenging. Although numerous patterns have been proposed through extensive research and implementation, the quality assessment tools that are currently available fall short when it comes to accurately recognizing patterns in microservices. It has been identified that a completely autonomous tool for the identification and classification of patterns in microservices has not been developed so far. Moreover, classification of services is an approach that has not been considered by researchers that are working in this field. This paper aims to perform a detailed systematic literature review that can help to explore the various possibilities of identifying and classifying the patterns in microservices. The article also briefly lists out a set of tools that is used in the industry for the implementation of patterns in microservices.