- Java Business Integration, JBI
A specification for a standards-based, vendor-neutral architecture, based on SOA principles, for the integration of disparate applications, service providers, and service consumers. JBI-compliant components are expected to plug in and interoperate with other JBI-compliant components. This frees vendors to concentrate on supplying components that implement their particular area of expertise without worrying about implementing the other necessary portions of a complete solution. JBI also frees end-users to pick and choose among many JBI-compliant components to assemble a SOA network sized to their needs, without locking in to one vendor's approach. The JBI specification was developed by the Java Community Process. Compare with SCA.
- binding component
A JBI component that provides connectivity to services external to the JBI environment.
- normalized message router, NMR
Part of the JBI architecture responsible for receiving message exchanges from JBI components and routing them to the appropriate component for processing.
- service assembly
A collection of service units.
- service engine
A JBI component that provides business logic and transformation services and also consumes such services.
- service unit
Artifacts deployed to a JBI component. A service unit configures the component to provide a piece of functionality such as expose an endpoint or route messages.
