10.4 Summary

• Spring Integration enables the definition of flows through which data can be processed as it enters or leaves an application.
• Integration flows can be defined in XML, Java, or using a succinct Java DSL configuration style.
• Message gateways and channel adapters act as entry and exit points of an integration flow.
• Messages can be transformed, split, aggregated, routed, and processed by service activators in the course of a flow.
• Message channels connect the components of an integration flow.