ChainBuilder ESB is a new Java Business Integration (JBI) compliant open source solution for use in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments.

An Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is considered to be the least complex, lowest cost approach to implementing a Service Oriented Architecture.

ChainBuilder ESB consists of an Enterprise Service Bus and additional integration functionality to enable an enterprise's disparate software systems to plug into the ESB.

ChainBuilder ESB components are written in Java and easily configured via a graphical user interface plugged into the popular Eclipse development platform. What this means for developers is a premier Visual Enterprise Integration solution where individual ESB services and other integrated application components can be shown in a high-level graphical integration flow.

This visual depiction of the entire integration environment allows developers to step back and consider the flow of their application integration and then drill down on each component to define specifics.

Most organizatiions SOAs need to include strategic backend systems that operate with non-XML data formats.

We made sure that this initial offering of ChainBuilder ESB had industry standard editors to manage EDI X12, fixed and variable formats the formats that organizations with legacy applications absolutely require.

Here are some key features of "ChainBuilder ESB":

· Create Java Business Integration (JBI)-compliant components
· Eclipse-based IDE
· Supports Web Services
· HTTP and traditional protocol support
· XML and non-XML data handling
· User Point of Control (UPoC) framework to allow callouts to alter the pre-defined flow
· Performance optimization
· Web Interface Admin Console
· Healthcare Integration Functionality, view ChainBuilder ESB for HealthCare page
· Logging and Error Handling
· Double-byte/Unicode character sets and localization support


Requirements:

Minimum
· Pentium IV
· 1GB RAM
· 10GB HD

Recommended
· dual 3.0Ghz
· 2GB RAM

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Fixed:
· Built-in macros are not expanded correctly when used in file path
· SwA and MTOM mode should not send message with MIME if message contains no attachments
· ftp base mode write does not work
· HTTP client should return unmodified soap fault
· Iterate does not work when data contains multiple namespace prefixes
· Input message becomes truncated
· Map operations fail when comments in source data
· Target iterate creates extra output elements when copying attributes
· XML records are not saved in error database correctly
· Transformer component does not scale well
· Http component performance improvements
· An Null Pointer Exception in the parser when there is a parsing error
· XSLT Component is not thread safe