SOA& Web Service 教育部-BM专业综合改革项目 What does ESB do? An ESB supplies a communication layer to support service interactions. It should support communication through a variety of protocols ESB reduces the tight coupling between the service consumer and provider The service consumer is not affected if The service provider location changes The service provider interface changes a different service provider is used Lan Zhou UniversitySOA & Web Service Lan Zhou University 教育部-IBM专业综合改革项目 What does ESB do? ▪ An ESB supplies a communication layer to support service interactions. It should support communication through a variety of protocols ▪ ESB reduces the tight coupling between the service consumer and provider ▪ The service consumer is not affected if: – The service provider location changes – The service provider interface changes – A different service provider is used