Introduction to Spring Integration

Spring Integration is a new addition to the Spring portfolio that extends the Spring programming model into the domain of enterprise integration patterns. It simplifies the development of message-driven applications while enabling the separation of concerns that is essential for producing maintainable, testable code.

We will begin with a whirlwind tour of the Spring Framework's core support for enterprise integration including such capabilities as remoting, messaging, and scheduling. This will be followed by a brief overview of the Enterprise Integration Patterns described in the highly influential book of the same name. We will then embark on a demo-driven exploration of Spring Integration to see how it enables the development of applications based on those patterns while building on the Spring Framework's core support. Patterns to be discussed include Message Channel, Message Endpoint, Channel Adapter, Content-Based Router, and more.

About Mark Fisher

Mark Fisher is an engineer within the SpringSource division of VMware and lead of the Spring Integration project. He is also a committer on the core Spring Framework and the Spring BlazeDS Integration project. Mark has provided consulting services for clients across numerous industries, and he has trained hundreds of developers how to use the Spring Framework and related projects effectively. Mark speaks regularly at conferences and user groups in America and Europe.

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