Microservices patterns
Service boundaries, discovery, inter-service calls, and decomposition patterns.
How to Mock a Choreography Saga in Python
Simulate a choreography-based saga with event envelopes, status tracking, and compensating actions to model distributed transactions.
import json
from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict
from typing import List, Optional
from enum import Enum
class SagaStatus(Enum):
PENDING = "PENDING"
COMPLETING = "COMPLETING"
COMPLETED = "COMPLETED"
FAILED = "FAILED"
@dataclass
class EventEnvelope:
event_type: str
order_id: str
sta…How to Mock a GraphQL Backend in Python
Create an in-memory GraphQL mock backend using dataclasses and resolver methods returning plain dictionaries.
from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict
from typing import Any, Dict, List
@dataclass
class Product:
id: int
name: str
price: float
@dataclass
class User:
id: int
username: str
class MockGraphQLBackend:
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.products = [
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