Notation and visualization

Notation and visualization describes a notation, which makes it easy to visualize example scenarios in the blueprint. This section forms the foundation for the next chapter of this book, which uses individual scenarios to show how the fundamental patterns from Chapter 1 can be implemented with the integration blueprint.

Representing the scenarios and the notation used

Dynamic aspects are represented in scenarios, as shown in the following example:

Scenarios are read from top to bottom. They start in the top-right corner with an information source system. The target system of the integration process, or of an individual step, is in the bottom-right corner. The valid notation elements are shown in the following diagram:

In the image above, a .NET application sends a web service call through SOAP using one-way call semantics, which means that it does not expect a reply. The query passes through an SOAP adapter and causes an ESB service to start, which receives the...