Next Generation Application Integration: From Simple Information to Web Services
If the idea of Java-based middleware sounds complex, don't be dismayed. It is complex. To simplify the complexity of Java's hype-driven standards and products, we have structured six major categories of Java middleware:
As you may expect, we'll focus on the standards that are most relevant to application integration: message-oriented, application hosting, transaction processing, and connectivity. See Table 8.1 to see what Java middleware standards are applicable to which type of application integration.
|