Chapter 1. Basic Principles

This chapter describes the fundamental concepts of integration, and is intended as an introduction to integration technology and terminology. You will:

• Learn the basic concepts, which are often used in the context of integration architecture

• Grasp an overview of the different architecture variants, such as point-to-point, hub-and-spoke, pipeline, and service-oriented architecture (SOA)

• Learn about service-oriented integration with an explanation of both the process and the workflow integration patterns

• Understand the different types of data integration and the accompanying patterns

• Gain an understanding of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and Enterprise Information Integration (EII), and an indication of how direct connection, broker, and router patterns should be used

• Understand developments in SOA resulting from the introduction of enterprise-wide events

• Understand the integration technologies of the future: grid computing and extreme transaction processing (XTP)