Introducing Common Integration Styles

When designing an integration architecture between two or more systems, the key challenge is how to achieve that. There are some common integration styles that architects should be familiar with. You need to have basic knowledge of them and understand how and when to use each style. In today’s world, some of these integration styles have evolved and are used as part of modern enterprise integration platforms. Next, you will become familiar with the file transfer, unified datastore, remote procedure invocation (RPI), messaging, and mashup integration styles.

File Transfer

In this integration style, applications produce a file containing the data that other applications would consume. This file is normally in a format that can be read by all the target systems and shared in a repository that can be accessed by all concerned systems. These systems are responsible for transforming the file into any other format they are expecting, while...