Apache Synapse Description
Apache Synapse (or Enterprise Service Bus) is a lightweight, high-performance Enterprise Service Bus. Apache Synapse is powered by a fast and asynchronous mediator engine and provides exceptional support for XML and Web Services. Apache Synapse supports many content interchange formats including plain text, binary and Hessian. Synapse can communicate with many applications and transport layer protocols thanks to the wide variety of transport adapters it has. Apache Synapse currently supports HTTP/S, Mail, IMAP, SMTP, JMS, TCP, UDP and VFS. High-performance PassThrough HTTP transport support is available for all mediation scenarios. High-speed, low latency mediation for HTTP requests. Supports a large number of outbound (client -> ESB), and inbound (ESB -> client) connections simultaneously. Intelligently handle message content, content awareness, and shared buffer for data handling.