What is meant by Message-Oriented?
The term "message-oriented" refers to a concept used in Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), middleware, and API tools to facilitate communication between software applications. In a message-oriented architecture, data transmission occurs through messages exchanged between various systems. These messages can be processed asynchronously, enhancing the flexibility and scalability of systems as applications do not need to be active simultaneously to communicate.
Typical software functions in the area of "Message-Oriented":
- Message Broker: Mediating and forwarding messages between different applications to facilitate their communication.
- Asynchronous Communication: Support for asynchronous message transmission, allowing applications to operate independently.
- Message Queues: Storing messages in queues until they can be retrieved by the recipient.
- Message Routing: Intelligently forwarding messages to the correct systems or services based on rules or content.
- Reliable Delivery: Ensuring that messages are delivered correctly and reliably, even in the event of network disruptions or system failures.
- Error Handling and Retry: Automatically retrying failed message deliveries and handling errors during message exchange.
- Protocol Support: Supporting multiple protocols such as HTTP, AMQP, MQTT to integrate different systems.