Spring Integration

 
Spring Integration Reference Manual:
http://static.springsource.org/spring-integration/reference/htmlsingle/#spring-integration-introduction

Spring integration 的理念来自 《Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions》一书，该书在线：
http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com/toc.html
另外两个也是开源的 Integration framework: Apache Camel & Mule ESB. 三者的比较：
http://www.kai-waehner.de/blog/2012/01/10/spoilt-for-choice-which-integration-framework-to-use-spring-integration-mule-esb-or-apache-camel/
http://www.slideshare.net/KaiWaehner/spoilt-for-choice-how-to-choose-the


String integration 中 Adapters 和 Gateways 的区别、inbound 和 outbound 的区别：
http://docs.spring.io/spring-integration/docs/latest-ga/reference/htmlsingle/

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9. Endpoint Quick Reference Table
To recap, Inbound Channel Adapters are used for one-way integration bringing data into the messagng application. Outbound Channel Adapters are used for one-way integration to send data out of the messaging application. Inbound Gateways are used for a bidirectional integration flow where some other system invokes the messaging application and receives a reply. Outbound Gateways are used for a bidirectional integration flow where the messaging application invokes some external service or entity, expecting a result.

也可以参考另一篇博文：
http://wuaner.iteye.com/blog/1740566


Tips:

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1. <int-jdbc:outbound-channel-adapter .../> is a instance of JdbcMessageHandler.
2. A Channel Adapter is a Message Endpoint that enables connecting a single sender or receiver to a Message Channel. Spring Integration provides a number of adapters out of the box to support various transports, such as JMS, File, HTTP, Web Services, Mail, and more.