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Chapter 3. Bridges

In Chapter 2, Messages and Transforms, we covered a fundamental aspect of integration and transformation. But transformation is just one of the capabilities that bridges in BizTalk Services provide. In this chapter, we will take a closer look at bridges and the following features:

Pipeline stages
Validating, enriching, and formatting messages
Lookup data
Message routing and filters
BizTalk Services Explorer

A bridge is actually a Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) behind the scenes. While you cannot create your own bridge definitions, three templates are provided for you:

Type	Description
XML One-Way	Caller sends XML-based messages to the bridge and expects no response
XML Request-Reply	Caller sends XML-based messages and waits for response message
Pass-Through	Caller sends message in any format (XML or non-XML) in a one-way pattern

These templates provide some standard processing steps that you can use to act on or affect messages as they are processed. These steps form...

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