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• You don't need separate deployment units and separate XML configuration files for each of your components. Just add a new entry in your Spring XML file to use a new component. So its a more lightweight approach.
• You don't need to learn a new XML configuration file syntax, just stick to Spring if you already know it
• You can use the various nice features in Spring (aliasing, using expandable properties to keep login/passwords outside of the XML etc).
• You can take advantage of POJO support to write light weight JBI components in a POJO style

Its It's also worth pointing out that a single component can be used in a Spring configuration or in a traditional JBI deployment unit without any code changes so you are free to choose either approach.

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Configuring using Spring XML

So lets let's see how to wire together a couple of components with Spring. The easiest way to get started is to see an example. The following configuration is taken from these examples.

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