Apache ServiceMix and JBI

[miketech]

Hi,

can you tell me the advantages of using JBoss ESB instead of a lightweight version like Apache ServiceMix? Is JBoss ESB 100% JBI compliant?

Greetings

Mike

[marklittle]

We do not currently support JBI. However, why do you think that ServiceMix is any more lightweight than JBossESB?

[miketech]

Hi,

I've seen that it is possible to deploy ServiceMix in JBoss. Thus this is the only solution to get a JBI compliant JBoss :)

ServiceMix seems to be only a small ESB. With JBoss I always associate a bigger allrounder. Maybe this is the typical misunderstanding of JBoss since it is microcontainer based :)

Greetings

Mike

[marklittle]

Of course you are free to deploy whatever you want into JBoss. That's one of the benefits of having the source. Obviously support is a different matter ;-)

I suppose a follow on question would be: why do you think you need JBI?

[miketech]

Hi,

I see JBI as a standardization effort for ESBs. The question is similiar as if you would ask me: Why do you need a JEE compliant Java Application Server?

I want to have a common approach for ESBs. There are some tools that create JBI compliant artefacts. I see this common specification as an important advantage in the Java enterprise world.

Greetings

Mike

[marklittle]

Well JBI is a little different to JEE since the target audience is different: ESB vendors rather than EE vendors AND users.

JBI support is on our roadmap, but it's likely to be JBI 2.0. To be honest, at the moment we don't see a lot of push for JBI so obviously we've been targeting what the majority of our customers and users want.