Chapter 2. Overview of Java Business Integration(JBI)

Java Business Integration(JBI) defines an architecture for integrating systems through components that interoperate by exchanging normalized messages through a router.

The Component Framework
The Normalized Message Router
Management Structure

The Java Business Integration(JBI) specification defines an integration architecture based on service oriented concepts. Applications are broken up into decoupled functional units. The functional units are deployed into JBI components that hosted within the JBI environment. The JBI environment provides message normalization and message mediation between the JBI components.

As shown in Figure 2.1,the JBI environment is made up of the following parts:

Figure 2.1. The JBI Architecture

The JBI component framework hosts and manages the JBI components. For more information see The Component Framework.
The normalized message router provides message mediation between the JBI components. For more information see The Normalized Message Router.
The management structure controls the life-cycle of the JBI components and the fucntional units deployed into the JBI components. It also provides mechanisms for monitoring the artifacts deployed into the JBI environment. For more information see Management Structure.