| In this chapter we will learn about the service invocation model, i.e., the underlying framework that provides the SOA in an ESB. We will discuss multiple forms of process routing, including the concept of itinerary-based routing and the role it plays in enabling a highly distributed SOA across independently deployed services. We will also discuss some fundamental ESB services, such as content-based routing and XSLT transformation, and examine how service types can be defined and then reused for different purposes using configurable options that are declaratively specified rather than coded. We will then explore some advanced ESB services, such as an XML persistence service and an orchestration service. |