Tracking change and innovation in the enterprise software development community
In this article, Joshua Long introduces the readers to Spring Integration, an extension of the Spring framework supporting the Enterprise Integration Patterns. After a short introduction into Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), the article presents an example of the integration between an email application and a blogger one.
In this article, Adrien Louis and Marc Dutoo discuss the differences and relative merits of using orchestration vs. routing in a typical ESB setup. They discuss various approaches to connecting services, from low level ones like customized routing, to high-level ones using business oriented approaches like workflow and orchestration, and conclude that there is no one-size-fits-all solution.
Spring Integration provides an extension of the Spring programming model to support the well-known Enterprise Integration Patterns. Following the announcement of RC 1 that became available this week InfoQ has a Q&A with SpringSource’s Iwein Fuld on key benefits, deployment scenarios and future directions of Spring Integration.
