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A source should act as the trigger and should not perform any message transformation, just listen or poll for the message and push it to the next component. It should be designed to work with the specific protocols and formats required to ingest the data. Depending on the type of integration workflow, you may have one or more source components.  Avoid changing the data in Source or Destination to improve supportability and maintenance! |
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Destination components receive the final message from Processor components and sends the messages to their target destinations. In general, destination components should not do any major data processing and only take care of transport protocol-specific requirements which may contain any final transformations. You can have one or many Destination components.  Avoid changing the data in Source or Destination to improve supportability and maintenance! |
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