Component Matrix

ServiceMix defines several types of components:

• JBI SE : standard JBI Service Engine
• JBI BC : standard JBI Binding Component
• LW SE : LightWeight Service Engine
• LW BC : LightWeight Binding Component

Lightweight components are components that can be configured using activation specs in the servicemix.xml configuration file.
Standard JBI components can be deployed at run-time and accept service units deployments. These components may in addition provide a way to configure them in a lightweight fashion.
Note that the servicemix-lwcontainer is a standard JBI component which is able to deploy lightweight components so that you can add / remove lightweight components at run-time.

The JBI spec defines service invocation as an instance of an interaction between a service consumer and a service provider. The following are the four service invocation patterns are required to be supported by any JBI implementation:

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Below is a matrix of ServiceMix components and the JBI MEPs supported by each.