Why go through the hassle of figuring out how to integrate and connect J2EE components to add Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) connectivity when someone else has done the work for you? This article shows you how to build ESB connectivity and to use a model-driven approach to develop service-oriented architecture (SOA) solutions.
what is a Service Oriented Application?
As I understand it, the idea is like traditional Unix development – lots of little programs doing seperate parts of a larger application.
It’s SOAP without the P.
The official moniker is Java Platform Enterprise Edition or Java EE.